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Amendment supporters rejoice as Supreme Court decides to hear a critical case. The case, New York State Rifle &
Pistol Association Inc. v. New York City, at a minimum will decide whether or not a New York City law that limits
residents' ability to transport their guns outside of their homes is constitutional. Currently, residents in that city
can carry a licensed (if they can get one), locked and unloaded handgun to one of seven shooting ranges within city limits,
but nowhere else, including homes or shooting ranges outside of the city. [Larry] Keane is worked up because lower
courts have been disagreeing with each other over basic gun rights questions for years. Some courts have even ruled
that a local government can ban the most popular firearm design sold today — semiautomatic firearms —
just because some are cosmetically different than others.
The right
to bear arms. The Second Amendment protects the natural right to keep and bear arms; the same type of arms that
crooks and thugs might use against you; and the same type of arms that government agents might use against you. We all
know that the police can't be everywhere. We also know that the first thing tyrants do when they come to power is to
disarm the population. Sometimes tyrants are jackbooted thugs. Sometimes tyrants are the majority in an elected
government. But to the framers of the Constitution, an armed population is the best defense against tyranny. And to
those who understand the right to self-defense and the history of its use in America, we know that more guns means less crime.
the Second Amendment Apply Outside Your Home? The Second Amendment makes it very clear that its purpose is to
protect the right to keep and bear arms. In fact, it says the right "shall not be infringed." Of course, our
right to keep and bear arms has been infringed for years at this point. To make matters worse, the very courts that are
supposedly there to protect our rights have joined in on the effort to curtail them. Earlier this month, one such court
decided to up the curtailment by claiming that the Second Amendment doesn't exist outside your home. Yes. Seriously.
2 New Court Decisions
are Quietly Eliminating Californians' Second Amendment Rights. Two new federal court decisions highlight a harsh new
reality: California has effectively repealed the Second Amendment inside its borders. In the first case, decided yesterday [5/9/23018],
a district judge ruled against the National Rifle Association's state affiliate in a challenge to onerous new California rules targeting
popular semi-automatic rifles. That 2016 law, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D), is called the Assault Weapons Control Act.
"Even an outright ban on certain types of semiautomatic weapons does not substantially burden the Second Amendment right," wrote Judge
Josephine Staton, a Barack Obama appointee in Santa Ana, California.
Amendment Is Absolute': D.C. Student School Walkout Organizer Says We Must 'Regulate the Second Amendment'. A
small group of mostly high school students gathered in front of the White House on Friday [4/20/2018] as part of the National School
Walkout, an anti-gun protest launched by a Connecticut teen following the shooting deaths of 17 people at a Florida high school
in February. Following a moment of silence plus 13 seconds to honor the 13 people shot and killed at Columbine High
School on April 20, 1999, the group walked to the Capitol where speakers lashed out at Republicans and the National Rifle
Association (NRA).
Is a Militia, Anyway? [The Second A]mendment is perfectly clear to anyone with even a rudimentary understanding
of English. Yet in recent decades, it has become the source of lies, distortion, and obfuscation by assorted opponents of
the Bill of Rights who claim that only members of a militia may own guns. They include federal judges, left-wing activists,
the politicians they support, and assorted anti-gun nuts in academia and news organizations. They [...] spread demonstrable
nonsense about the Bill of Rights. Most of them, unlike the mawkish teens pumping their fists like Weathermen at a Viet Cong
rally, are real grown-ups in coats and ties, many with law degrees and lots of official-sounding titles that make them seem like
authoritative folks who really know what they're talking about. But they don't. The ACLU, for example, in its
hallucinatory interpretation, claims that "the people" in the amendment refers not to persons, but to state governments and
their power to establish militias. The left-wingers there do not explain how a description of state powers
ended up in a list of things called the "Bill of Rights."
the Second Amendment for Just the Militia? Our United States Constitution serves two distinct purposes. The first is
to explicitly enumerate the powers and procedures of our nation's central government, which was defined as the three distinct bodies
(which, by the way, two thirds of the high school students currently lecturing us about the Second Amendment cannot name) — the
Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial, with levels of authority descending in that precise order. The second is to
explicitly enumerate the limitations of that central government's power, which is the sole reason why our Bill of Rights
exists. The Constitution would not have been ratified in 1791 without the addition of these first ten amendments.
Therefore, our Constitution would not exist without the limitations to our central government's authority described therein.
the Second Amendment falls, our entire Bill of Rights falls. The startling new proposal by 97-year-old former
Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to our Constitution's Bill
of Rights is unwise, dangerous and totally unrealistic. For 227 years, the amendment has guaranteed that "the right of
the People to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." We should not abandon it. The first 10 amendments to the
Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. These amendments are the foundation of our liberty and the lasting legacy of the
Founding Fathers who so wisely created a Constitution designed to protect the freedom of generations far into the future.
These rights are a major factor in what makes America an exceptional nation and a beacon for freedom that attracts people from
the world over.
Stevens' Dishonest Attack On The Second Amendment Must Be Taken Seriously. Former Supreme Court Justice John
Paul Stevens has an op-ed in the New York Times today where he agrees that the case against firearms made by a crew of
ill-bred cretinous teens is so powerful that the Second Amendment should be abolished. There is a lot wrong with the
article. The errors are so glaring that it is hard to attribute them to mere carelessness and not to a deliberate
attempt to deceive.
Want To Repeal The First And Second Amendments. Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, a
liberal appointed by establishment Republican President Gerald R. Ford, yesterday penned an op-ed in the New York Times
calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment. Calling the Second Amendment a "relic of the 18th century" Stevens
wrote that the "March for Our Lives" demonstrators "should seek more effective and more lasting reform. They should
demand a repeal of the Second Amendment." This call for the repeal of the Second Amendment is a significant extension of
Justice Stevens' previous position stated in his judicial opinions and even his 2014 book "Six Amendments: How and
Why We Should Change the Constitution" wherein he suggested that the Second Amendment be rewritten to read: ["]A
well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms when
serving in the Militia shall not be infringed.["] Liberal-leaning pundits were quick to embrace Stevens' call for
repeal, and polling shows that there is significant support for such a move among Democrats.
King: Repeal 2nd Amendment... It Was Passed To Fight Off Slaves. Larry King has an interesting tidbit for why the
Second Amendment should be repealed — and it's got to do with what he says is the real reason it was created ...
to fight off slaves. We got the ex-talk show host Wednesday at E. Baldi in Bev Hills, where we asked what he thought of
former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens' NYT op-ed calling for the amendment giving Americans the right to bear arms to be
repealed. Larry says he's completely on board, adding that the antiquated provision needs to be rewritten due to unclear
language ... and also, because it's "real" purpose is moot now.
We Go... Louisiana Democrat Party Leader Calls for Repealing the Second Amendment. Karen Carter Peterson is a
Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate. Peterson is also the current Chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
'The 2nd Amendment Is Being Very Badly Interpreted' — There Is 'Prostitution of the 2nd Amendment'.
During a discussion at the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, former Vice President Joe Biden stated that the 2nd Amendment
has been interpreted "badly" and the nation has decided it can't ignore the "prostitution" of the amendment. Biden said, "I think
there's a 2nd Amendment. I think the 2nd Amendment is being very badly interpreted. It's not consistent with what
they're — our founders intended, in my view. You saw Justice John Paul Stevens say that we should — because
it's been so prostituted, we should repeal the 2nd Amendment. It was about a standing militia. It's a long story.
I won't go into all the legal side of that having taught it in law school. But there's rational or irrational policy."
for Our Lives' Leaders Deny They Want to Repeal Second Amendment. Leaders of the "March for Our Lives" anti-gun protest
movement scrambled Tuesday [3/27/2018] to distance themselves from an op-ed in the New York Times by former Supreme Court
Justice John Paul Stevens calling for the Second Amendment to be repealed. In the op-ed, Stevens wrote that in the wake of
last weekend's nationwide protests, "the demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform. They should
demand a repeal of the Second Amendment."
Former Supreme Court
Justice: Repeal the Second Amendment. Gather round, fellow paranoid gun rights supporters. Leftists
claim they don't want to strip us of our Second Amendment rights. Saying we're absolutely bonkers for assuming
so. Even though they admit it. No, according to the left, gun owners worried about their Second Amendment rights
are a mere baby-step away from being full-on schizo.
Supreme Court justice: 'Repeal the Second Amendment'. Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling
for a repeal of the Second Amendment, decrying the right to bear arms as outdated and misunderstood. In an op-ed
published by The New York Times, Stevens, a Republican, said that students and anti-gun violence advocates should press
lawmakers to take on the amendment. While protests have so far focused on implementing new restrictions on semi-automatic
weapons and strengthening background checks for gun purchases, he wrote, repealing the Second Amendment would result in more
lasting change.
Laws and the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment of our Constitution exists for our protection against a
tyrannical government and the self-defense of our God-given right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I have
been mocked publically for stating this truth as if I am a "nut" for thinking I need protection against our very own
government in this day and age. The Second Amendment is about protecting our future, and it acts as a mighty deterrent
to prevent tyranny. I find it interesting that those that call our current president a tyrant and warn that he is like
Hitler don't have a different view on the Second Amendment? We must be cautious and objective and look at the entirety
of an issue before legislating an inalienable and constitutionally protected right. A constitutional right is an
entirely different thing than government legislated privileges such as driving a car or purchasing alcohol.
Not Give An Inch On The Second Amendment. [A]s liberals line up behind a shield made of children to march on
the Second Amendment, it's important to remember what happens when you attempt to compromise with people whose ultimate goal
is your obliteration and why no amount of compromise will ever be enough. [...] There is no compromise with someone who
doesn't want you to exist, there is only incrementally losing ground until you no longer exist. A right diminished will
never return, government does not cede back power once seized. The NRA is right to hold its ground, it's why the
organization exists in the first place. Liberals are not honest brokers when it comes to the issue of guns, and neither
is the media. Trying to appease leftists never works because nothing short of everything they want is ever enough for them.
Sales Skyrocket As Gun Owners Brace For An All-Out Assault On Our Second Amendment Rights. Every time the left
goes into a gun grabbing frenzy, gun sales always end up going through the roof. In the aftermath of the recent tragedy
in Florida, we are seeing an all-out assault on our 2nd Amendment rights like we haven't seen in decades. Politicians
from both parties are pushing for new gun control legislation, and as a result gun owners all over the nation are feverishly
stockpiling weapons and ammo while they still can. In fact, Google searches for "buy a gun" and "buy AR15" both just
hit the highest levels ever recorded. At a gun show down in Tampa, Florida over the weekend, nearly 7,000 people showed
up on a single day. The Republican governor down there has turned out to be a gun control nut, and so true
conservatives are buying guns while they still can.
Contemptible American Left. My life's experience has reinforced the concept that the right to bear arms is the
foundational basis of preserving and protecting freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and private property. The socialist
oligarchy the left is determined to establish in America requires that that fundamental right to be dramatically eroded and
under the thumb of a central authority. I immigrated to the United States from a continent that had nearly destroyed
itself in World War II. The war was the end product of the ascension to power of various egomaniacs, steeped in
socialist-Marxist ideology, determined to amass all political power within their countries. Once elected to office, these
despots began to centralize their authority and eliminate all individual freedoms and democratic institutions. As they lived
in nations that historically did not allow unfettered gun ownership, the people were incapable of stopping the inexorable seizure
of power, and many paid the price as nearly 40 million were killed and untold millions displaced during the war.
Hard Against Liberal Attacks on Our Gun Rights and Other Civil Liberties. We're now supposed to give up our
guns because it's the 21st Century, people, and the cops will totally protect us and oh, you can't dare criticize the FBI for
failing to disarm yet another ticking time bomb and what kind of crazy nut would expect a police officer to actually confront
a gunman? Show of hands: Who thinks this stops, even slows down, once those mean old not-actually-assault weapons
get banned? That liberals have taken a hard stand in favor of cowardice does not exactly fill one with confidence that
once we give up our Second Amendment rights that we'll be safer or freer.
at CPAC: Democrats 'Will Take Away Your Second Amendment'. President Trump warned CPAC attendees on Friday [2/23/2018] that
Democrats will take away tax cuts and the Second Amendment if given control of Congress. He said, "They will take away those massive
tax cuts and they will take away your Second Amendment."
It's True, The Founding Founders Said
Second Amendment Is God-Given Right. As expected NRA chief Wayne LaPierre's speech at CPAC was panned by
liberal commentators. But there was a tiny part of his speech that was trashed more than others — the part
where he mentioned God.
Weapons [are] Not Protected by [the] Second Amendment, Federal Appeals Court Rules. Maryland's ban on 45 kinds
of assault weapons and its 10-round limit on gun magazines were upheld Tuesday [2/20/2018] by a federal appeals court in a
decision that met with a strongly worded dissent.
Doug Jones: The Second Amendment Has 'Limitations'. Doug Jones, the Democrat running for Alabama's U.S.
Senate seat, says he loves to hunt but the Second Amendment has "limitations." He believes that every right enumerated in
the Bill of Rights is limited, and the Second Amendment is no exception. According to the Alabama Political Reporter,
Jones described himself as "a Second Amendment guy," but stressed that some gun control is necessary.
Thomas Calls Out The Supreme Court For Not Believing In The Second Amendment. Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas had stern words for his colleagues when the Court declined to hear a case challenging California's handgun laws,
saying that the jurists do not understand the importance of self-defense. The case, supported by the National Rifle
Association, involves San Diego resident Edward Peruta, who challenged his county's refusal to grant him permission to carry
a concealed firearm outside of his home.
Thomas, Gorsuch blast court decision to reject gun rights appeal. Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch issued a
scathing dissent Monday to a Supreme Court decision turning away yet another gun rights case. On a busy morning of decisions,
the court on Monday [6/26/2017] rejected a challenge out of California regarding the right to carry guns outside their homes, leaving
in place a San Diego sheriff's strict limits on issuing permits for concealed weapons. But Thomas, in a dissent joined by Gorsuch,
countered that the case raises "important questions" — and warned that Second Amendment disputes aren't getting the attention
they deserve from the Supreme Court. "The Court's decision ... reflects a distressing trend: the treatment of the Second Amendment
as a disfavored right," they wrote.
Federal Court of Appeals Goes to War against the Second Amendment. What happens when you mix contempt for individual rights with a healthy
dose of willful ignorance and fear? You get the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the court that's teaching the legal Left the recipe for attacking
the Second Amendment. Twice in less than a month, the court has radically restricted the constitutional rights of gun owners. In January, it
held that even lawful gun owners are inherently "dangerous" and can face limitations on their constitutional rights, including the right to be free of
unreasonable search and seizure, simply because they possess a gun.
Fourth Circuit Runs Roughshod over Heller and the Second Amendment. Freed up by the Supreme Court's ongoing reluctance to engage in depth with
the Second Amendment, the Fourth Circuit has taken it upon itself to rewrite Heller en banc. In a 10-4 decision, issued yesterday afternoon
[2/21/2017], the court upheld Maryland's ban on both "assault weapons" and "high capacity magazines." By so doing, it deprived the people of Maryland,
the Carolinas, and the Virginias of the core protections to which the Constitution entitles them.
Court Strikes A Blow To The Second Amendment. A federal court just hammered away at the Second Amendment with
an asinine ruling with regard to waiting periods. The lawsuit, Silvester v. Harris, was filed over a
California law that required a 10-day mandatory waiting period for a person to obtain a firearm even if they already passed a
background check, have a concealed-carry permit and/or own a registered a firearm. The District Court initially ruled
that the law was unconstitutional. However, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the District Court's ruling,
claiming that the law provided "a reasonable safety precaution."
Guns Are The 'Last Form of Defense Against Tyranny'. When it comes to guns and the Second Amendment rap artist
and TV star Ice-T, who is liberal, does not pull punches and says that the right to bear arms is "the last form of defense
against tyranny," and that the right is not about hunting animals but about protecting oneself from an oppressive government.
Curtailing 2nd Amendment Help Protect U.S. from Terrorism? Rep. Foxx: 'No'. Rep. Virginia
Foxx (R-NC) said Wednesday that curtailing Americans' Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms" will not keep the nation
safe from radical Islamic terrorism. CNSNews.com asked Foxx: "Will curtailing the Second Amendment right of
Americans to keep and bear arms protect this country from radical Islamic terrorism?" Foxx had a two-word answer:
"No. Simple."
American Left is Beneath Contempt. The United States has just experienced the worst terrorist attack on its
shores since September 11, 2001. Forty-nine innocent fellow Americans were wantonly slaughtered by a radicalized Muslim,
and traitor, who had pledged his allegiance to a foreign entity, ISIS, whose declared objective is the reinstitution of the
Islamic Caliphate and the butchery of western infidels. These victims were murdered primarily because they were in a
gay night club, thus subject to summary execution under Sharia Law, and secondly because they were Americans. Yet,
today nearly all of the voices from the Left, and their front group, the Democratic Party, choose not to focus on the victims,
the terrorist or the blood stained failure of their approach in dealing with radical Islam. Instead they are using this
tragedy to unabashedly pursue one of their primary ideological objectives: the de facto repeal of the Second Amendment.
Concealed carry,
California and the 9th Circuit's misrepresentation of the facts. Thursday [6/9/2016], the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 7-4 decision
that Americans don't have a right to carry concealed handguns for protection. Since California bans people from openly carrying guns, their decision amounted
to prohibiting people from carrying guns at all (whether openly or concealed). It is clear that a judge's political affiliation determines whether he
thinks that people have a right to defend themselves. Democratic judges are now moving to overturn recent Supreme Court decisions that struck down bans on
guns. Last year, about 0.24 percent of adult Californians had a concealed handgun permit. In the rest of the U.S., the rate was 24 times
higher, for a rate of 5.8 percent. In many parts of California, it is essentially impossible to get a permit. In San Francisco County, just four
people (0.0005 percent of the adult population), got a permit in 2015. That is an improvement over 2012, when just two permits were granted —
one of which was to the sheriff's personal attorney.
Circuit Paves The Way To Ending Gun Rights: Ben Shapiro. On Thursday [6/9/2016], the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals issued a ruling stating that there is no right under the Second Amendment to carry concealed weapons in public. This,
of course, is surprising, given that the actual language of the Second Amendment explicitly declares the right to "bear arms" —
and bearing arms means carrying them. But the Court truly just wants to allow localities to regulate firearm ownership out of
existence, or like practice of religion, to restrict the right to the privacy of your home.
9th Circuit
Court of Appeals Attempts to Repeal the Constitution. Though the Supreme Court is probably reluctant to take on
another gun case at the moment, this case is headed that way. In a ruling that reverses a previous ruling by a smaller,
three-judge panel, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that a California law requiring "good cause" to apply for
concealed carry permits should stand, and also said the Second Amendment does not apply to concealed carry.
Hillary Refuses Say Right to Bear Arms Is a 'Constitutional Right'. Sunday [6/5/2016] on ABC's "This Week,"
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton refused to say conclusively the Second Amendment is a constitutional
right and that it "is subject to reasonable regulations."
Kasich Spits on the Second Amendment. The Heller
decision, confirming that the Second Amendment acknowledges an individual right to keep and bear arms, written by the late Supreme Court
justice Antonin Scalia was in many respects the Roberts court's finest hour. In its acknowledgment that rights are inherent, not
granted by government Heller is constitutional originalism at its finest and Scalia at his incisive and eloquent best. But
someone on his staff apparently forgot to tell Ohio Governor John Kasich about just how important Heller is to limited government
constitutional conservatives because over the weekend he told CBS News that if he were elected President he would consider appointing to
the Supreme Court the judge whose decision Heller overturned.
Owners of America: Senators Must Tell Obama That His "Supreme Court Pick is D.O.A.". Today, President Obama
took the most significant step in his sordid journey to fundamentally transform our nation. Obama nominated a virulent
anti-gunner to fill the seat of Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Let's be clear: the U.S. Senate should bury
this nomination and write "Dead On Arrival" as its epitaph. Despite promises to nominate a consensus candidate, Obama has
chosen a radical leftist in Judge Merrick Garland: [#1] He supported the DC gun ban in 2007, voting to reconsider the
Heller case after a three judge panel had ruled against the ban. [...] [#2] In a 2000 case, Garland voted to maintain the
registration of gun owners, supporting efforts by the Clinton administration to use the instant check to illegally retain gun
owners' names for six months.
Why we oppose Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination. In 2008, the Supreme Court answered the question of
whether individual citizens have a right to own a firearm in their homes for self-defense. It was [Antonin] Scalia who
wrote the majority opinion in that case, District of Columbia v. Heller. That landmark decision made clear that
the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. Shockingly, the decision was only
5 to 4. Two years later, in McDonald v. Chicago, Scalia joined Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s
opinion holding that that individual right is fundamental and applies to all Americans regardless of where they live.
Once again, the decision was 5 to 4. With Scalia's tragic passing, there is no longer a majority of support
for Heller and McDonald among the justices.
The Living Constitution
And Second Amendment Alarmism. With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the American philosophical
divide has been thrown wide open, particularly on the issue of gun control. One side that believes the Constitution means
what it says and can be readily understood by the common man, warns that if the ideological balance on the Court could shift from
a bare majority that usually interprets the Constitution based on its text and the clear intentions of the founders, to the
current minority that would regularly make law based on progressive desires alone. The other side is warning that establishing
a larger constitutional majority on the Court would result in the Court deciding cases more regularly on the text of the Constitution
and the intent of the Founders. [...] It is no small irony that the President will surely nominate someone dedicated to the ideology
of a "living Constitution," which can best be understood as a Constitution that has no fixed, understandable meaning or intent.
It means whatever Progressives want it to mean for their transitory political purposes. Of one thing, however, we can be
absolutely sure: if the living Constitution ideology ever gains a majority of the Court, the Second Amendment is dead.
'The Second Amendment Says You Can Limit Who Can Own A Gun'. Vice President Joe Biden says "the Second Amendment says you can
limit who can own a gun." In an interview with CNN's Gloria Borger on Monday [1/11/2015], Biden said, "people who are criminals
shouldn't have guns. People who are schizophrenic and have mental illnesses shouldn't have guns."
Real Reason for Gun
Control. One of the most controversial measures is Obama's idea that the act of selling even a single gun effectively
makes you a gun dealer and subject to federal registration. We're not quite sure the executive office can promulgate directives
for individuals. [...] A normal person looking at the Second Amendment would probably conclude that it means what is says —
that government cannot stop people from buying, selling, owning and using weapons. But in introducing the caveat "reasonable
regulation," the Court probably left the argument as muddy as before. And Obama, late in his second term, is not one to miss
an opportunity.
right to bear arms isn't up for debate. When debating the wisdom of the Constitution's Second Amendment, the media tends to start
from the presumption that the question is purely scientific, and that the answers can — and should — be derived from
statistical analyses and relentless experimentation. This approach is mistaken. The right of the people to keep and bear arms is
not the product of the latest research fads or exquisitely tortured "data journalism," but a natural extension of the Lockean principles on
which this country was founded. It must be protected as such. The Declaration of Independence presumes that all men enjoy certain
inalienable rights, among them "life" and "liberty." Practically speaking, at both the state level (as a bulwark against tyranny) and
at the individual level (as a means by which to protect oneself), this necessitates the auxiliary right to the private ownership of "arms,"
which, in the common law that preceded the Second Amendment, was understood to include personal weapons that could be wielded by an
individual — such as the "musket and bayonet"; "sabre, holster pistols, and carbine"; and sundry "side arms."
The Second Amendment Is One Supreme
Court Justice from Repeal. In August, my colleague Charlie Cooke wrote an epic rant daring the Left to stop talking about repealing
the Second Amendment and start doing it. Introduce the repeal to Congress, work it through the states, and tell the American people what you
want to do — take from them a fundamental, enumerated right from the Bill of Rights. As Charlie eloquently outlines, repealing
the Second Amendment is an impossible task. Even worse for the Left, it's political suicide. But if the Supreme Court's decision in
Obergefell v. Hodges teaches us anything, it's that the age of judicial supremacy means that five justices can amend the Constitution
far more efficiently than Congress and the state legislatures.
Circuit Court: Illegal Immigrants Have Second Amendment Rights Too. In a case regarding a specific gun control
law which bans "unauthorized aliens" (illegal immigrants) from possessing firearms in the United States, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Seventh Circuit did the work of a contortionist by upholding the law while also pointing out that they "see
no principled way to carve out the Second Amendment and say that the unauthorized (or maybe all noncitizens) are excluded."
In a word — illegal immigrants have Second Amendment rights too. The case was titled United States v.
Meza-Rodriguez, and the decision was handed down on August 20.
Court Rules Illegal Aliens Have Second Amendment
Rights. A recent decision by the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals that says illegal aliens — what the left likes
to call "undocumented immigrants" — enjoy a Second Amendment right to bear arms, even if their presence in this nation is criminal.
The Editor apologizes for the thinly-redacted profanity herein:
Editor Regrets Bashing 2nd Amendment of 'G**d*** Constitution'. In a tweet sent while
news of the tragic July 23 attack in Lafayette's Grand Theatre was still rolling in, BuzzFeed News
Editor Rachel Zarrell exclaimed, "Let's just give everyone guns, right? It's in the g*dd*mn
constitution." This tweet was preceded by one in which Zarrell wrote: "If this were someone
in my family I'd want every person alive screaming about gun control to anyone who would listen."
And another in which she tried to stir people to action: "Don't pray. Push for gun control."
Rove vs. the 2nd Amendment. Guns don't kill people, the Constitution kills people, at
least according to Karl Rove, Republican strategist and architect of George W. Bush's election and
reelection as president. Rove, speaking on Fox News Sunday, and in the wake of the South Carolina
church massacre, embraced the liberal mantra that there are too many guns on the street and went a step
further and a step too far, saying the way to avoid more such tragedies is to repeal the Second Amendment
and its guarantee of our right to keep and bear arms.
Mean the Founders Were Serious About That Second Amendment Stuff? That's what the
liberal ninnies at the Washington Post must be wondering right about now. Despite their best
efforts to stampede the American public into surrendering yet another of its consitutional rights (and one
very dangerous to the Leftist project), more and more states are moving toward — gasp! —
Constitutional Carry. Which means, basically, "shall not be infringed."
Carson Gives Blunt Explanation Of Why The 2nd Amendment Is Vital. Hosting Sean
Hannity's radio show, Dr. Ben Carson gave a frank take on why the 2nd Amendment is so important.
A caller asked Carson's opinion on the Administration's attempt to "gut" the 2nd Amendment, and he
came back with a brilliant response.
to Bear Arms Central to Liberty. There are two popular quotations from the writings of Thomas
Jefferson that have been shown to be still relevant to our culture. "When the people fear the government
there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty" and "The tree of liberty must be
refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Taken together they demonstrate
why the right to bear arms is central to keeping our individual liberty.
Justice Stevens: The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment.
[Scroll down quickly past 18 paragraphs of left-wing claptrap to get to the proposal:] As so amended, it would read:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms
when serving in the Militia shall not be infringed."
The Editor says...
The Second Amendment does not need fixing, but if it is to be revised, it should be made less ambiguous by removing any
mention of the militia; thus; The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
Stevens thinks he knows how to 'fix' the Second Amendment. [Clayton] Cramer destroys Stevens' arguments
by citing several cases where the courts either explicitly or implicitly recognized that the Second Amendment dealt
with an individual's right to bear arms. I'm actually surprised that Stevens raised this old canard about the
Second Amendment referring only to a "well regulated militia." Besides, given his and most other justices
belief in the flexibility of the Constitution, it would seem a strange time for Stevens to get religion and become
a strict constructionist.
Justice Stevens and Flexible
History. Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens had an op-ed piece in the Washington
Post a couple of days ago that still has my brain doing backflips. He claims that, "Legislatures are in a
far better position than judges to assess the wisdom of such rules and to evaluate the costs and benefits that rule
changes can be expected to produce." Stevens certainly did not believe this when he signed onto decisions
overturning Texas's sodomy law, or when arguing that state laws limiting abortion were unconstitutional, or when
striking down Louisiana's death penalty for raping a child. So why is Justice Stevens suddenly so supportive
of the wisdom of legislatures compared to judges? That's for a simple reason: it's about the Second
Stevens: Fix Second Amendment to Remove "Any Limits" on Government Power. Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens supports gutting the
Second Amendment in order to remove any limit on government infringements on the right of self-defense.
In his new book Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution, Stevens — who
generally favored maximum government power during his 35-year tenure on the high court — proposes,
among other things, changing the language of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution so that the amendment
would read, "... the right of the people to keep and bear arms [when serving in the militia] shall not be
infringed." Stevens acknowledged in an interview Sunday that this would remove "any limits" on government
power over legal gun owners.
Court justice pushes gun grab, 2nd Amendment rewrite. A liberal former Supreme Court justice, still
outspoken and influential in retirement, is pushing to change the Constitution's Second Amendment in a way that
could lead to massive gun confiscations in states. John Paul Stevens, 94, who retired in 2010, would rewrite
the Second Amendment in a way that would allow only state militia members to be armed, a radical change from the
current lay of the land spelled out in several high court decisions. In his new book [...], being
played up in the media, Stevens would make clear that only militias, not citizens, have a right to guns.
Justice Stevens: Revising the 2nd Amendment 'Is a Moderate Proposal'. During an April 20th appearance on
ABC's This Week, former justice John Paul Stevens said each of his proposals to change the Constitution —
including his proposal to change the Second Amendment — "is a moderate proposal." On April 11th
Breitbart News reported that Stevens uses his new book, [...] to argue that we should add five words to the
Second Amendment to correct its interpretation — namely to ensure that it is interpreted as a collective
right rather than an individual one.
verdict — Mark Witaschek guilty of possessing muzzleloader bullets in D.C. In a
surprising twist at the end of a long trial, a District of Columbia judge found Mark Witaschek guilty of
"attempted possession of unlawful ammunition" for antique replica muzzleloader bullets. Judge Robert
Morin sentenced Mr. Witaschek to time served, a $50 fine and required him to enroll with the Metropolitan
Police Department's firearm offenders' registry within 48 hours.
surrenders to D.C. police 'Gun Offenders Registry'. Mark Witaschek never had a firearm in the
District of Columbia, but he is now on the city's Gun Offenders Registry. This bizarre case has drawn
national attention because an upstanding citizen was tried and convicted of possessing unregistered
ammunition for muzzleloader bullets, which are simply pieces of lead and copper.
Wants His Party to Officially Come Out Against the Second Amendment. The Daily Surge has a clip of Rep. Keith
Ellison (D-MN) on Bill Maher's HBO show. Ellison says the Democratic Party should just be honest about its stance on
guns. [...] For some reason, Americans murdered by drug cartel members along the border never came up.
Neither did the victims of Chicago's gang violence.
Surge in
concealed weapon permits follows California court Second Amendment decision. Orange and Ventura counties have dropped the "good
cause" standard for issuing conceal carry permits after the requirement was struck down Feb. 13 by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeal.
A three-judge panel of the court ruled 2 to 1 that the Second Amendment bars California counties from requiring law-abiding gun owners
who want to carry concealed firearms to demonstrate special, individualized needs for protection.
Justice Stevens: Let's
Amend the Second Amendment! Retired Justice John Paul Stevens was one of the great mischief-makers in the history of the U.S.
Supreme Court. At age 93, he has now written a book in which he recommends six amendments to the Constitution. Presumably these
are the changes he wasn't able to implement the easy way, via a 5-4 vote on the court. One of Stevens' proposed changes relates
to the Second Amendment, and is intended to reverse Stevens' loss in the Heller and McDonald cases.
Connecticut Gun Owners Deliver a
Message — 'No we won't'. Did you know that citizens of one state engaged in a mass act of civil disobedience that has left statist
officials from both parties scratching their heads as an entire regulatory scheme collapsed? Last week, Connecticut politicians were shocked to find
out that only a fraction of Connecticut gun owners obeyed a state directive to come forward, declare their weapons, and register them with the government. [...]
Would you register with the government before speaking? Before attending worship services? Government that goes too far loses its legitimacy,
and in their peaceful act of civil disobedience, Connecticut citizens have rendered an unjust law utterly irrelevant.
Ninth Circuit Recognizes Right to Bear Arms
Outside the Home. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday [2/13/2014] that the Second Amendment endows the right to carry a gun
outside the home. The opinion comes days before the Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to review two other cases that ask the question of
whether the right to "bear arms" extends beyond the home.
Court Tosses California's Concealed Weapons
Rules. A divided federal appeals court on Thursday struck down California concealed-weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment
right to bear arms.
Connecticut Criminalizes
the Second Amendment. In a massive display of civil disobedience, tens of thousands of state residents have refused to register what the
left calls assault weapons, instantly making them criminals guilty of a felony.
Supreme Court Asked to Clarify What
it Means to 'Bear' Arms. You might think the question would be settled by now, but the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to opine on whether
the Second Amendment right to "bear" arms for self-defense extends outside the home. We may soon get an answer.
The American Right to Revolt Against Tyranny: Part C — Founders & John Locke.
The Founding Fathers were in favor of the right to revolt against tyranny. This is obvious despite widespread current attempts by progressives to suggest armed
revolt and the 2nd Amendment would be opposed by the Founders today. But how logical would be the notion that Americans could own guns, but not use them to defend
themselves? Or that Americans could arm to defend their lives and liberties, but only against invaders — not against tyrants? Of course, such a
position is transparent nonsense.
Sen: Second Amendment Not Meant For Citizens To Take Up Arms Against Government. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on states
nullifying federal gun laws: [...] ["]The Second Amendment is not an absolute right, not a God given right, always had conditions
upon it like the First Amendment has. The idea that the Second Amendment was put in there in order to allow citizens to fight
their government is insane.["]
Beck: If Police Get Drones, 'The 2nd Amendment Is Absolutely Dead'. Senator Rand Paul's media tour following his
"misunderestimated" statements on drones brought him to Glenn Beck's radio show Friday, where the two men discussed the prospects
of a terrifying future where police cars have "robotic firing arms" that take down criminals with the push of a button. If that
ever happens, Beck told Paul, "the Second Amendment is absolutely dead."
Mark Levin: 'An up-or-down
vote on the 2nd Amendment is unconstitutional'. On his Tuesday [4/9/2013] radio show, conservative talker Mark Levin defended the GOP
senators who are threatening to filibuster new gun control laws and argued that any attempt to threaten gun ownership would be unconstitutional.
Biden Mocks the Basis of Second Amendment.
This guy is the vice president, the former chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and supposedly a leading Democratic expert on gun issues.
And yet, he doesn't understand the Second Amendment.
Second Amendment
crumbling as gun-control victories spread. The Second Amendment got attacked this week from three sides, leaving gun
owners scrambling to find safe ground. While President Obama has lost momentum for federal gun-control laws, he has picked up
victories with his allies in blue states and at the United Nations.
War Against the Second Amendment Has Only Just Begun. In an interview with Jason Mattera which was conducted last
month but is just now hitting the news, Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky admitted that the Democrats' effort to ban "assault
weapons" is "just the beginning." In addition, Schakowsky says that she wants to ban all handguns, and thinks this can
constitutionally be done, despite the Second Amendment. I think it is obvious that Schakowsky was only saying what a great
many Democrats believe.
Is Oregon writing the worst gun law
ever? If HB 3200 gets passed into law, you may as well pack up and leave the state if you have any interest in
Second Amendment rights.
Court Refuses State AG: Concealed Carry Stands in Illinois. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Illinois
Attorney General Lisa Madigan's request "to reconsider a ruling that found the state's concealed carry weapons ban unconstitutional
[in Dec. 2012]." Madigan has argued that the December ruling overturning the ban was in conflict with other appeals court
rulings and that it went beyond what the Supreme Court required.
Democide. In Turkey, "reasonable"
gun control laws enacted in 1911 permitted the democide of two million Turkish Christians a few years later. In Germany, the
"commonsense" 1928 gun control laws of the Weimar Republic preceded Hitler's Holocaust by a decade. The Weimar politicians
did not intend for their gun control laws to lead to the slaughter of millions of people, but it is an historical fact that those gun
control laws permitted the Nazis to carry out their Holocaust. How? By making it economically and militarily feasible to
round up and mass murder entire towns without any significant resistance. In fact, the Nazis quickly learned that they
needed only a hundred ordinary military policemen to exterminate towns of a thousand Polish Jews in a single day.
WA Dems Sponsor Bill Allowing Police to Search
Gun owners' Homes. In a mistake that probably wasn't a mistake, a Washington state bill sponsored by liberal Democrats contained a little-noticed
provision that would have called for the police to have the right to search private citizens' home once per year if they own certain types of guns.
Why Americans Need Assault Rifles. Reams of paper have been produced
supporting or disparaging this or that about the 2nd Amendment, and brighter men than me have argued both for and against it, but
my view is that the Founders of the Republic had a nation like Switzerland in mind. While gun control advocates are keen on
comparing the US to the UK, Canada and Australia, nations that ban guns in most cases, they tend to ignore Switzerland.
Switzerland does not have a professional army and instead relies upon civilians to participate and train in a militia. The
Swiss are issued an assault rifle, currently the SIG SG 550, a fully automatic weapons that even US gun nuts can't easily get
their hands on. The Swiss also have a very weak central government, something I believe the Founders preferred but became an
idea that got lost after the North won the Civil War.
The Second Amendment is Not about
Hunting. Our Founding Fathers' perspectives are just as important and relevant today as they were more than 200 years ago
because the nature of man hasn't changed over time. The world is still full of people who would enslave us and compel us to do their
bidding if they could. Our nation's capital is still loaded with elected officials who believe they know what's best for the rest of us,
and they are willing to use whatever force is necessary to subjugate us and make us fall into line behind their way of thinking even if it
violates our constitutional rights. [...] As unappealing as this possibility is, the day may come when we will need our weapons to fend off
an overreaching and tyrannical government, as our Founding Fathers knew could happen.
Rahm Emanuel Goes
After 1st And 2nd Amendments. A 15-year-old girl who performed at the president's inauguration is gunned down by gangs less
than a mile from Barack Obama's home. What does Chicago's mayor do? He blames banks who lend gun makers money.
The Purpose of the Second Amendment.
In all the talk that has happened and will happen, the press and the general public seem willing to ignore the actual purpose of the
second amendment. The amendment is not about sports. It is not about recreation. It is not about hunting. It is
only partly about defending yourself from a criminal. The second amendment is about ensuring a "free state."
February 23 Will Be A Day of Resistance.
While Barack Obama is calling for Americans to give up their freedom, their rights, and their guns, we're calling for Americans to resist.
We're calling on Tea Partiers, moderate Republicans, Libertarians and even moderate Democrats to stand up one month from today, on the 23rd of
February and say, "No more!" [...] It'll be a Day of Resistance where gun owners and patriots can peacefully gather and show Barack Obama, the
media, and the knockkneed Republicans in Congress that we may have lost a battle last November, but we haven't lost the war. Don't
meekly give up your 2nd Amendment rights when you can stand with us and RESIST!
The 2nd Amendment
Is What Makes The Other Nine Possible. As debates over firearms simmer and President Obama mulls sweeping firearm
restrictions via executive orders, media personalities like Piers Morgan dismiss guests defending gun rights with contempt.
You'd think resistance to disarmament amounts to culpability for the Sandy Hook slaughter.
New York Declares War on the Second
Amendment. The Ruger, Walther P22, and Smith & Wesson target pistols all use magazines with capacities of 10 or more, and
their principal purpose is to make holes in pieces of paper at up to 50 yards. New York has therefore just made it eminently
clear that the Constitution does not even protect sporting uses of firearms, let alone the Second Amendment's primary intention of
individual, collective, and national self-defense. This should mobilize all supporters of the Bill of Rights to deploy all
necessary legal, nonviolent, and socially acceptable methods to take these enemies down decisively and permanently.
Advice on the Second Amendment.
The trigger for the American colonists' revolt at Lexington and Concord in 1775 was their belief that the British intended to seize their
gunpowder, which would then enable the military to repress the populace at leisure. Stephen P. Halbrook's The Founders' Second
Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms (2008) documents the thinking at the time of the American Founding, and it wasn't focused on
the right to shoot ducks.
Preserving the Second
Amendment. [Scroll down] Those words, "executive orders, executive action," used in conjunction with constitutionally
protected rights and liberties, ought to alarm us all. They used to frighten Barack Obama. On Oct. 2, 2007, then-Sen.
Obama railed against what he called the abuse of executive powers purportedly perpetrated by President George W. Bush in his
administration's efforts to protect the American people from acts of terror by radical Islamists. Apparently, the current
occupant of the Oval Office has overcome his early concerns about chief executives exceeding their authority.
Americans, never give up your guns.
These days, there are few things to admire about the socialist, bankrupt and culturally degenerating USA, but at least so far, one thing remains:
the right to bear arms and use deadly force to defend one's self and possessions. [...] For those of us fighting for our traditional rights, the
US 2nd Amendment is a rare light in an ever darkening room. Governments will use the excuse of trying to protect the people from
maniacs and crime, but are in reality, it is the bureaucrats protecting their power and position.
Self Governance
is Under Attack, not just the Second Amendment. On Wednesday [1/9/2013], Rasmussen Reports released the results of a poll revealing
that only "74% of American Adults continue to believe the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of an average citizen to own a gun."
This finding is perplexing because the Constitution hasn't changed.
More states look for ways to control gun
laws. A growing number of states are aiming to keep Uncle Sam's hands off their weapons if Congress decides to stiffen
gun-control laws in response to last month's deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Eight
states — Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming — have adopted laws in recent
years that would exempt guns made in the state from federal regulation as long as they remain in the state, according to Jon Griffin
of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Three completely unrelated news stories that
vintage media somehow forgot to report. [#2] Dianne Feinstein's true stated goal is the unconstitutional confiscation of all
firearms from civilians: [...] "If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States, for an outright ban, picking up [every
gun]... Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in." Note she doesn't mention the Constitution as an obstacle; only the vote tally. As
Obama's economic policies make ever more Americans dependent on government largesse, vote tallies will soon cease to be a problem for
authoritarian statists like Feinstein.
Wyoming Lawmakers Propose 'Gun Protection' Legislation.
Several Wyoming lawmakers are proposing legislation designed to protect gun-owners from any potential federal firearm ban. The "Firearms
Protection Act" bill, introduced this week, would make any federal law banning semi-automatic firearms or limiting the size of gun magazines
unenforceable within the state's boundaries.
The great guns debate: Grabbers rise anew.
Post-Sandy Hook, the great debate over guns has sunken to new levels of deceit and misrepresentation, all in the name of unconstitutional
gun-grabbing. Consider legislation being proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The California Democrat seeks to dishonestly redefine
"assault weapons" — heretofore machine-gun-type weaponry banned nearly 30 years ago — to be just about any weapon that
liberals think looks especially menacing or they simply don't like. She proposes measures clearly in violation of the Second Amendment.
We Must Control the Second
Amendment Conflict. The side that controls the language of an argument controls the argument, and the side that takes
and maintains the offensive controls the entire conflict. The enemy must then react to our actions instead of making us react to
his, and continue to react until he is no longer capable of fighting. We are indeed at war with an adversary with whom good faith
and win-win negotiation are not possible.
Fair: Second Amendment 'Must Be Removed from the Constitution'. On January 2, Vanity Fair ran an all-out attack on the
constitution, the 2nd Amendment, and common sense in a column by Kurt Eichenwald titled, "Let's Repeal the Second Amendment."
Eichenwald's approach consists of attacking the NRA, arguing that gun owners avoid discussing more gun control by saying they don't want
to "politicize" shootings, and taking the standard progressive position that there wasn't really a right to keep and bear arms until
Justice Antonin Scalia created one in recent Supreme Court decisions.
Why the 2nd Amendment.
Today's Americans are vastly better-armed than our founders, Warsaw Ghetto Jews and Syrian rebels. There are about 300 million
privately held firearms owned by Americans. That's nothing to sneeze at. And notice that the people who support gun control are
the very people who want to control and dictate our lives.
any of these slaughters have happened against an armed populace? let's keep the discussion simple, so that even a simpleton can
comprehend it. the 2nd amendment to the constitution of the united states is not about protecting "hunting rifles." it is about resisting
tyranny, and the oppression, violence and carnage wreaked upon a people by their government. it was the framers intent that an armed people could
resist such oppression, could fight against governmental murder. think for just a moment, if you are capable.
No capitalization in original.
The Root
of Mass Shootings: Mental Illness. Our government leaders, any many others, would have us believe that putting the kibosh to the 2nd Amendment
is the answer to rampant violence in the United States, particularly in the wake of recent shootings where innocent children and adult citizens have been killed.
It would seem that way. But it's really not the answer.
The N.R.A. Is Still
Vital, Because the 2nd Amendment Is. Today, with 4 million members, the N.R.A. is one of the largest civic organizations in the U.S., and by far
the largest civil liberties organization on the planet. On top of that, polls indicate that as many as 17 million more Americans consider themselves N.R.A.
members even if they haven't paid dues. (Perhaps, for example, because they took an N.R.A. gun safety class.)
The Real Second Amendment. [Scroll
down] The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was derived from our understanding of the British experience that militias were
necessary to curb the tyrannical powers of the king. In our case, 'well regulated militias' were necessary as a condition of the
colonies to agree to subordinate their sovereignty to a federal government. They wanted a guarantee of power to insure that some
future federal government could not egregiously exceed its powers prescribed in the body of the constitution they agreed to.
Furthermore, like the militias of the English barons, these state militias were formed ad hoc from the populace as needed on short
notice and therefore depended on the populace being already proficient in the art of arms.
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I've been exercising lately – some light weights and situps/pushups – and my arms are beginning to get some definition (but only noticeable to me when I lift them – the bat wings just take over). I can also feel the beginnings of a 'two-pack' beneath my tummy fat. But none of that is ever going to show with all the fat on top of it. I would dearly love to get rid of the belly fat (just my luck it's the hardest fat to shift) which I've had sitting there all my life. Just my luck also that I have a slow metabolism.
My ideal would be to look toned and slim(mer) by Labour Day weekend when I have the combined birthday thing.
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I don't like exercising/dancing in front of my daughter so it's going to have to be in the tiny space in my bedroom or an hour in the morning before work. I don't think I can get up that early, particularly if I haven't slept well. The tiny space in the bedroom is probably going to have to do. That's currently where I've been doing weights and situps.
I'm also going to have to be firm and resist all muffins/chocolate/cake offerings at all the work morning teas. I'm going to have to cut down on bread and beer and drink much more water. At the moment I'm only drinking about 500 ml a day.
Sigh. Damn those people who stay slim no matter what they eat or seem to lose weight at the drop of a hat. Even when I was 71/2 stone in my 20s I still had belly fat. I've never ever had a flat stomach. Can I shift it? With a hell of a lot of work and determination… maybe.

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A counselor allegedly fired for helping another employee report sexual harassment can go forward with his Title VII claim against his former employer, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held, overruling the district court and finding that the "manager rule" has "no place in Title VII jurisprudence."
The "manager rule," under the Fair Labor Standards Act, requires an employee to step outside his or her role of representing the company in order to engage in protected activity. The appeals court found that the rule does not apply to Title VII.
"The conduct protected by the FLSA is far more constricted than the broad range of conduct protected by Title VII's anti-retaliation provision," the court wrote.
According to court documents, plaintiff J. Neil DeMasters had worked as an employee assistance program counselor at Virginia's Carilion Clinic for five years when, in 2011, he was fired for acting "contrary to his employer's best interests," failing to take his employer's side and leaving his employer "in a compromised position." Read more here


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Leagues combines the talents of three Nashville rock scene veterans. The group, comprised of Thad Cockrell, Tyler Burkum and Jeremy Lutito, recently released an EP of jangly pop rock. They've opened for the likes of The Fray and Matt Kearny, but they're headlining their own shows as they tour the country for the next month. Tonight's show at MilkBoy promises to be a dance party. On the band's website, it boasts music so joyous, it actually provokes laughter. Tickets and information for the 21+ show are available here. Below, watch the music video for their song Spotlight.
Adam & Dave's Bloodline, the curiously named project of five local Philadelphia musicians (only two of whom are referenced in the band name, and none of whom are related), has a catalogue that suggests a heavy beach rock and shoegaze influence, but possibly also heavy sedatives. Their music is relaxed to a point of sounding like, as is written on the Adam & Dave's Bloodline Bandcamp page, "bloozy, boozy, guitar-driven psych-washed burners." Their show tonight centers on the release of a new EP, 2×2. Tickets and information for the 21+ show are available here. Below, stream two tracks from their upcoming EP.
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The beginning of this year I took the attitude this year is hard.. and have been easily frustrated and more anxious (those that see me.. might not realize that because I feel like I put on a pretty good front)
One of the things that have been weighing heavy on my heart is the choice to not to continue to pursue any type of fertility treatment.. and do "mothering" things in other ways. This is a decision that I made this summer... BUT.. Guys.. I started a Daisy troop and I can't tell you how HAPPY this makes my heart!
So, I had chosen my attitude that I wanted others to see.. but I hadn't done a very good job of choosing my "internal" attitude. I forgot one of my goals is to be a Champion for myself.
SO.. Bring on No Excuses November!
I will be a Champion for myself by:
-Choosing my internal attitude. I am lucky where I am, thankful for the support system that I have, and so very grateful for those that I surround myself with.
-Being more accountable for my own health. I have the Skinny Minnies.. I purchased the Lose It App.. and I have a wardrobe waiting for me!
-Stepping out of my comfort zone and really working my Jamberry business. Jamberry has already offered me the opportunity to meet so many new people, learn new things, and adds money to my bank account (which don't we all need!)
-Continuing to do things that make me happy.. and do the best I can at everything else :) (more photography/more crafting/more blogging/more movie watching/more enjoying the things I LOVE to do- Have I mentioned how awesome my Daisy Troop is?)
Here's to another great year with BIG plans.. and even BIGGER dreams!
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Here is a concise summary of four brain-stimulating techniques being used today to treat severe chronic depression. The summary appeared in the Fall 2006 Issue of the Johns Hopkins's Bulletin.
1. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the oldest and the best known and, in fact, is still recognized as the most effective treatment for severe depression. It involves the application of brief electrical pulses to the scalp to induce seizures throughout the brain. The seizures appear to relieve depression by increasing the release of brain chemicals such as serotonin and dopamine, but some other unknown mechanism may also be at play.
2. Another technique, rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), involves the placement of an electromagnetic coil on the scalp. The coil is not implanted, so no anesthesia is necessary; nor is it necessary to induce seizures (as with ECT). A pulsed high-intensity current is passed through the coil into specific areas of the brain, creating a powerful magnetic field that changes the way brain cells function.
3. Yet another approach, magnetic seizure therapy, is a combination of ECT and rTMS. It uses a coil similar to that employed in rTMS to stimulate only certain parts of the brain, but induces seizures like ECT. It is still in the early stages of development but is designed to produce fewer side effects than ECT.
4. Finally, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) involves the implantation of a small device about the size of a pocket watch in the upper left area of the chest. The devise is connected via an electrical lead to the vagus nerve in the left side of the neck. (The vagus is one of the 12 pairs of nerves that originate in the brain.) A preprogrammed generator in the device then sends timed pulses of electricity to the nerve, which are believed to prompt changes in levels of brain chemicals associated with depression, such as serotonin and norepinephrine. A VNS device was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in July 2005 for treatment-resistant depression.


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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Cliff was working as Branch Manager with Prairie Mobile Communications in Calgary, prior to which he had a distinguished career with the Regina Pats in the WHL. The Saskatoon native spent ten years with the Pats and was the Eastern Conference recipient for the WHL's Marketing/Business Award in 2014.
In his role of Vice President of Business Operations, Cliff created and executed the Pat's business strategy, with a focus on client relationships, fan experience and business sustainability.He also worked on a number of international events, including a role on the host committee for the 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships, working in conjunction with Hockey Canada, the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Pats staff and volunteers.
"Cliff is an outstanding addition to help lead our business team," commented Blades President Steve Hogle. "He has a tremendous skill set and work ethic. His roots are in Saskatoon and because of the person he is he still has countless friends in the business world and community at large."
"I'm honoured to be joining the Blades and excited to be moving back to the city where I grew up," said Cliff. "I can't thank the Priestner family and Steve Hogle enough for this incredible opportunity. I'm looking forward to being closer to my family, meeting and working with the staff, corporate partners, fans and the alumni. The WHL is the greatest junior hockey league in the world and it's a privilege to be part of it again."
Cliff will be at work in his new role in the Blades offices next week.
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- Russell Cone said...
Congrats Cliff!
Hope to see you at the rink.
Russ from Saskatoon
- February 14, 2017
Get ready for Wiener Wednesday's and Thirsty Thursday's Toontown.
- February 14, 2017
Maybe he'll hire his bud Brent to be the team hairdresser.
- February 14, 2017
Congratulations Mr. Mapes! Great news.
- February 14, 2017
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Taka Update September 19, 2017
Taka Update September 19, 2017
Fish Information
This is very surprise. Boston Blue fin tuna is coming today. ¼ back size is 60 lbs, it means the total weight of this tuna is 300-350 lbs. The last time I received was almost a month ago and was really good. I am expecting this tuna.
Uni supply is changing. Japanese uni cannot get this week because of typhoon. But Maine uni is coming back. It was quarter for 6 months but we can catch now. California uni is also coming back.
Kinki, thorn head is on the menu now. It is a tiny fish but the price is more expensive than toro. It is called white fish toro. Akamutsu,Black throat is also getting popular.I but Akamutsu 2 times a week but always sold out. I feel the people finally understand what is good Japanese fish. The price is high but still much cheaper than NYC and other restaurants here.
Monday is Sushi Day.
All Togo orders are 20% off. These offers are Monday only. We extend it this month. I think I do this for a while.
September is Wine month.
The temperature is still high but patio season is coming back. It cools down at evening and good for wines. We can offer all bottles wines 30% off this month. I do Beer special in October, Sake special in November.
Eating meat linked to higher risk of diabetes
The Singapore Chinese Health Study reveals increased risk of diabetes with higher intake of red meat and poultry, partially attributed to the dietary iron content in these meats. While a plant-based diet is generally considered healthier than a meat-based diet in preventing the risk of diabetes, not all meats affect the risk equally. As Professor Koh Woon Puay of Clinical Sciences at Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS), and her team found out, higher intakes of red meat and poultry are associated with a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, which is partially attributed to their higher content of heme iron in these meats. This study provides the foundation for evidence-based dietary recommendations to the Singapore population in mitigating diabetes risk and reducing the healthcare burden of this chronic condition.
Read more? https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/news/eating-meat-linked-higher-risk-diabetes
I think once a week of meat is fine. We need to take some protein from meat that I feel. Eating meat increase fighting spirit for business or sports I feel it. I do eat steak before the golf game or when I get tired. This is all mental issue actually. My meal is 60-80% vegetables and I take fish every 2 days. Meat is once a week.
Linton Hopkins just opened a new steak house at Sun Trust Ball park. C Ellet's Steak House has oyster and steak. I will go there soon to dine.


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This list is compiled from voluntary submissions by parents to hospitals.
This list is compiled from voluntary submissions by parents to hospitals.DOCTORS HOSPITAL
Franklin, LeHonesty/ Hamlin, Isaiah: boy, Dec. 25
Lawson, Christine/ DeMers, Andrew: girl, Dec. 28GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (DELAWARE)
Fronduti, Liz and Joshua: boy, Dec. 26
Pounds, Shelly/ Randall, Yoruba: boy, Dec.?27MADISON COUNTY HOSPITAL (LONDON)
Strickland, Kate/ Fain, Dominic: girl, Dec.?27MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN�S
Acharya, Dil and Keshab: girl, Dec. 27
Brown, Krystal: boy, Dec. 29
Foley, Alexandra and Daniel: boy, Dec. 28
Marchand- Stenhoff, Sandra/ Stenhoff, Aaron: boy, Dec. 27
Mendoza Grijalva, Maria/ Guerrero Vargas, Rafael: girl, Dec. 27
Ralston, Carrie and Robert: boy, Dec. 28
Sparkman, Jessica: girl, Dec. 27
Warsame, Rahmo/ Gurhan, Sadi: boy, Dec.?28
Wilson, Tarah and Anthony: boy, Dec. 29MOUNT CARMEL WEST
Buckman, Shannon and Shaun: boy, Dec.?27
Coons, Amber/ Snow, Harold: boy, Dec. 27
Maxwell, Amber/ Harriston, Dontae: boy, Dec. 27
Sloan, Heaven/ Raux, Francis: girl, Dec. 28RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL
Bigden, Lesley and Jon: girl, Dec. 28
Brown, Mary and Steven: girl, Dec. 29
Cline, Amna and Bob: boy, Dec. 28
Creighton, Laryn and Jeremiah: girl, Dec.?28
Davis, Tiera/ Corbin, Michael Jr.: girl, Dec.?28
Dearth, Angela and Colby: boy, Dec. 28
Downey, Angie and Christopher: girl, Dec.?28
Ellifritz, Julie and Michael: girl, Dec. 29
Estes, Tiffany/ Vingle, Stan: boy, Dec. 28
Farkas, Sookey/ Benzle, Elliott: girl, Dec.?29
Ghebrelul, Eden/ Amanuel, Tekle: boy, Dec.?28
Hallowell, Yulia and Matthew: girl, Dec. 28
Hanna, Whitney and Roy: girl, Dec. 29
Hogue, Shannah and Eric: boy, Dec. 29
Jordan, Sofia: boy, Dec. 28
Martin, Kerri and Brent: boy, Dec. 29
Ostergard, Amanda and Winston: girl, Dec.?28
Perry, Jocelyn and Scott: girl, Dec. 29
Shannon, Jessica and Gary Jr.: girl, Dec. 29
Slover, Letitia and William: boy, Dec. 28
Smith, Jennifer and Dan: girl, Dec. 28
Woessner, Angela and Matthew: boy, Dec.?28WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Bradford, Paris: boy, Dec. 28
Jensen, Tracey and Troy: boy, Dec. 26
Whitehead, Ashley/ Ball, Shawn: boy, Dec.?28RED CROSS
The local American Red Cross Blood Services has a need for all blood types, particularly type O-negative blood. Donors can call 1-800-RED-CROSS or go to www.redcrossblood.org to make an appointment. Walk-in donors also are welcome. Blood drives are open today at:
Carriage Place Donor Center, 4820 Sawmill Rd., 8?a.m.-2?p.m.
Kroger, 60 Worthington Mall, 9?a.m.-2?p.m.
Nationwide Plaza Donor Center, One Nationwide Plaza, 9?a.m.-3?p.m.
Polaris Donor Center, 1327 Cameron Ave., Lewis Center, 8?a.m.-2?p.m.
Stoneridge Donor Center, 337 Stoneridge Lane, Gahanna, 8?a.m.-2?p.m.
Walgreens, 5555 New Albany Rd. E., New Albany, 10?a.m.-4?p.m.
Westbelt Donor Center, 4327 Equity Dr., 9?a.m.-3?p.m.


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Members of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) are all volunteers from the community who enjoy civic work. Board Members donate their time on projects to improve and promote the Downtown District.
Listed are the members of the DDA and the expiration of their appointed terms.
Term Expires:
Vice Chair
Doug Osborn
Term Expires: November 23, 2019
Jack Witt
Term Expires: October 11, 2021
Village President
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Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3, 1919) is an American folk singer and an iconic figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably the 1950 recording of Leadbelly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of The Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, he re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, and for environmental causes.
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Feng Interviewed
Tian Feng, FAIA was interviewed for the East Bay Times article, "Rising tides: Regional leaders look to shore up Bay Area's transportation network" for his work as a BART architect. Read the full article here.
McCutcheon Profiled
Michael McCutcheon, Allie Member was featured in Remodeling Magazine. He discusses how he stayed in the family industry, his business philosophy and how his career path has gotten him to where he is now. Read the full profile here.
Goring & Straja Architects' project "Woodside Priory School" has won numerous awards, including the 2016 Sustainable San Mateo County Green Building Award, Pacific Coast Builders Conference Gold Nugget Award of Merit for Best Educational Project and PG&E Savings by Design.
Blake—Drucker Photograph Featured
Bonnie Blake-Drucker, FAIA has a photograph featured in the current exhibit, "Nocturnes & Noir" at the Harvey Milk Photo Center. The exhibit opened February 11th and will run until April 2nd. Location: 50 Scott Street, San Francisco
Noll & Tam Architects are pleased to announce that Terri Sudbrook, AIA, CSI has accepted the position of Director of Healthcare Projects/Senior Project Manager. Ms. Sudbrook was formerly with Hawley Peterson Snyder.


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A while back (like a long while) I talked about how I really wanted to establish some sort of morning routine to set the mood for the day. I know it's the little things that make or break your productivity and just wanted something soothing to start off with.
I've tried buying a couple essential oils and I just can't get into them. Because I forget I have them and the process of mixing them, putting them in a diffuser, etc is just more than I want to deal with. Also the diffuser needs to plug in, and frankly with chargers and everything else, it just seems like one more cord in my home. I love the idea of essential oils, I just can't seem to stick with them. So when I got the opportunity to try out the Chesapeake Bay Mind & Body Collection, candles that are infused with essential oils, I was all for it!
Simplicity is my jam and I have one of these candles in all the main areas of my home! They fit in perfect with my home decor and the scents are ah-mazing. They will be great all year round, but I feel like finding refreshing candle fragrances in the summer is challenging, but these are perfect!
The Mind and Body Collection from Chesapeake Bay Candle consists of 10 fragrances, including the strength + energy, simplicity + hope, balance + harmony, and reflection + clarity fragrances that I have. They actually come in jar candles (what I've got), reed diffusers and pillar candles. They were designed for people like me (and probably you) who are into living an overall healthier lifestyle and simplifying life. They're meant to help you pause and enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
I love that message so much and I can tell you that since getting these I've done plenty of pausing and enjoying them. They're so good!
I'll show you the areas I've set these candles up in my home and how I'm using them. Since they're made with essential oils that have specific purposes, I've tried to put each one in the appropriate spot to get the most out of them.
I decided to put the simplicity + hope candle in our master bedroom. I want my room to be a place where I can relax and be happy, so I thought it was fitting. It has a mint basil scent and is perfect for that spot.
I'm also happy to have it here because this is a space I'd been neglecting and had on my to-do to decorate for quite a while. I finally pulled together some things from around the house and I love how it turned out
I put the strength + energy candle in our front living room, the place where I do a lot of work and Graham does a lot of running. He doesn't need any more energy, but I certainly do to keep up with him. This one has a pineapple coconut fragrance and it miiiiight be my favorite. I'm actually burning it right now. :)
The reflection + clarity jar candle is living in our main living room. We spend the most time here so I think the relaxing sea salt sage fragrance is perfect in here. And you can see the wood lid the candles have – so cute!
balance + harmony is in the kitchen, the chaotic center of our lives. I figured that's the space we need the most balance in as it's the place people gather, meals are made, work is done and bills are paid. The waterlily pear scent is so fresh. It sets the perfect tone for the room.
It really is the little things in life. These wellness fragrances from Chesapeake Bay Candle are exactly what I was looking for to enhance my morning routine – and the rest of the day too. They're easy and smell so good that I'm burning at least one of them most of the time. And I'll take all the help I can get when it comes to creating calm in my home!
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Global Child Nutrition Month and the Global Child Nutrition Foundation is running a month-long campaign to help raise funds and awareness for school feeding programs in developing nations.
The Global Child Nutrition Foundation was created in 2006 with the mission of expanding opportunities for the world's children to receive adequate nutrition for learning and achieving their potential. It continues and expands upon the work of the Global Child Nutrition Forum, formerly conducted by the School Nutrition Association (SNA). Created in 1946, SNA advocates healthy nutrition for every child in the United States.
GCNF is dedicated to helping countries develop and operate successful, sustainable, school feeding programs. GCNF provides training and education to support the development of community-based school feeding programs that respond to the nutritional needs of children while considering local cultural and community values.
Your support of GCNF and commitment to ending childhood hunger makes a difference in the lives of the world's children.
Investing in world's poorest children
can save millions of lives, UN study finds
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A little over 25 years ago I made a Stereo Racking Stand for my 80's stereo separates. Its still in use today
Its made of Pine veneered chipboard with softwood legs. A little while ago I scored a vintage Bang and Olufsen 80's music centre (perched on top of the stand) from our local Freecycle ( web site where unwanted goods are placed, up for grabs, for FREE). Why? you may be asking yourselves. Well for it's day it was top of the range. With remote control which all but my CD player don't have. So? Well its now part of an Entertainment centre, along with a new (extravagent isn't he) flat screen TV. Yes the cheapskate made his own entertainment centre! Well, what with useless units on there and the precarious nature of the 'Entertainment centre's' perch I decided to re-model it.
Here it is stripped of electronics, front
and rear
note the sexy flat power strip on the back leg, I'm keeping that.
So what to do. I removed the second and third shelves, attached by these plastic blocks
I cut these two shelves down, bolting them together with two softwood strips , and screwed this down to the top.
Now the only things on are the B&O and my CD player. The B&O plays records, cassette tape and CD's through the player underneath and has an FM tuner. Despite what you might think it isn't that top heavy. Yes those are LP's in the module off to the left.
The speakers are under the TV, along with the DVD player
The TV plays MP3's so I think that covers everything for now. Digital radio? When I get some of that folding stuff. Money.
Be seeing you.
-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging.


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30.11.2016 Europe wants to reinforce efforts for automated cars
- The European Commission proposes a connected mobility strategy
- 68 per cent of drivers are willing to hand over to the autopilot at times
- In Germany, together with Audi, BMW and Daimler, a digital hub for the future of mobility is being built in Munich
Berlin, 30. November - Europe wants to significantly increase the pace in the race for an international leading position in connected mobility and automated cars. The strategy for cooperative and intelligent transport systems presented today by the EU Commission is, according to the German digital association Bitkom, an important step. The strategy provides for uniform standards and a coordinated approach in the Member States to get intelligent and connected vehicles on the road by 2019. Among other things, the technical basis for warnings in dangerous situations such as slow or stationary vehicles on the road or extreme weather conditions are to be created quickly. This includes indications of the ideal pace for a "green wave" in urban transport, or a connected and cooperative navigation between modes of transport for the best possible traffic flow. "With the strategy outlined today, the EU Commission is showing that Europe must, but also wants to significantly increase its efforts in connected mobility," said Bitkom CEO Bernhard Rohleder. "The strategy emphasizes that it is not just a matter of technical infrastructure and the corresponding vehicles, but that on top of the technology a data layer with real-time driving information must be created, which is the prerequisite for new business models but also for safe, efficient and resource-conserving traffic."
In Germany, following a Bitkom initiative, a digital hub is currently being developped for the mobility of the future in Munich. The aim is to bring together in one place the big companies in the sector, SMEs and start-ups as well as universities, research institutions and investors. The incubator EntrepreneurTUM, founded by businesswoman Susanne Klatten and Europe-wide leading, is a major contributor to the Munich Mobility Hub, which is part of the nationwide "Digital Hubs Germany" initiative. The hub is also supported by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Federal Ministry of Transport and the City of Munich. "With Audi, BMW and Daimler, three global players from the automotive sector are already on board at the Mobility hub. In Munich, we will set the foundation for Germany, as the world's number one automobile nation, for not only mastering the digital transformation of the industry, but also shaping and driving it, "says Rohleder. The Mobility hub fits perfectly into the EU strategy on connected mobility.
According to a Bitkom survey, many drivers already want support from intelligent and connected vehicles. One in five car drivers (19 per cent) would be willing to leave control to their cars in flowing traffic on the highway. In urban transport, 17 percent would do this and 5 percent even during the entire trip. As expected, the readiness is highest in low-speed driving situations, ie parking (64 percent) or motorway traffic jams (46 percent). Overall, 7 out of 10 drivers (68 per cent) would give control to an autopilot in the vehicle in certain situations.
Note on the methodology: The data is based on a representative survey carried out by Bitkom Research on behalf of the digital association Bitkom. 1004 Germans from 14 years on were interviewed, including 746 drivers.


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About the Pacific Headwear Safari Embroidered Custom Straw Hat | PCF-1938
The Safari custom straw hat from Pacific Headwear is constructed of an open weave straw material for ultimate breathability and coolness. Available with 8 color options for the band that goes on the upper portion of the hat that can be custom embroidered with your team logo or summer event branding. Custom straw hats are a must have for all summer camps, warm weather practices, or concert style events.
Product Specs
- 8 In-Stock Colors for band
- 3" wide brim
- Stretch sweatband headband lining
- Optional front embroidery locations
Bucket Hat Sizes
One size fits most adults
Custom Hat Colors Available
Black, Navy, White, Forest, Red, Cardinal, Khaki, Royal (all colors are for band only - hat is straw color)
Custom Decoration Options
Embroidery or Puff Embroidery
Minimum Order Size
12 piece minimum
Production Time
Allow 2-3 weeks for decoration from art approval and deposit. Allow 2-5 business days for ground shipping. Call or email us for rush production services.


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NORC at the University of Chicago is one of the largest and most highly respected social research organizations pursuing high quality social science research both in the U.S. and internationally.
NORC is seeking an IT Database Manager for a large USAID monitoring, evaluation and learning Support Project who will work full-time over a 5-year period based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Project will provide monitoring and evaluation (M&E) technical support to USAID, design and conduct impact and performance evaluations, using mixed methods, and other studies; design and conduct data collection (quantitative and qualitative); strengthen knowledge management and build M&E capacity of USAID and implementing partners.
IT Database Manager
The Information Technology (IT) Database Manager will be responsible for supporting database users. S/he will manage database security, data back-up, and recovery specifications. The position will also prepare users through conducting training, providing information, and resolving problems. An important feature is the ability to identify and resolve all database issues as they arise.
- University degree in information technology or related field;
- five years of experience creating and maintaining databases;
- experience creating online databases.
- Applicant should have strong English reading and writing skills; fluent English and Kiswahili are required.
- Tanzanian nationals are preferred.
Interested candidates should email a CV and cover letter to firstname.lastname@example.com by February 22, 2017.


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