Jordan and Chris met in high school. Jordan went to a party at Chris's house over the summer. They ran into each other once school started again in the fall. When they met, they exchanged numbers. Little did they know, that was just the start. They have been dating ever since. The two have been together for over 9 years!
December 22nd, 2018 was a very special day. It was just the two of them in their home around 9:30am. Chris had an early Christmas present he wanted Jordan to open. It was a beautiful ornament he had made with a photo of them in the center.
Jordan went to their Christmas tree to hang the ornament. When she turned around, Chris was down on one knee and asked her to marry him. She said YES!
Jordan was so surprised!! She loves her old European cut diamond ring more than she ever could have imagined. What she loves so much is that Chris made it all on his own -- making it extra special. They are planning for October 2020. Congratulations Jordan and Chris -- we are so happy for you!


Author John Grisham takes readers on a journey to the Deep South in 1946 in "The Reckoning." The main character, Pete Banning, was a prisoner of war in World War II. He was presumed dead at one point, so when he came home, the entire town celebrated. That makes it all the more shocking when he heads to his church one morning and kills the Rev. Dexter Bell. He does nothing to hide the murder, so it isn't a surprise when he's arrested.
Banning's defense attorney demands answers as to why he shot Bell, but he refuses to talk. He doesn't want to plead insanity, and he replies to every question with, "I have nothing to say." His family has no idea what happened to prompt such drastic action, but he won't even talk to his wife and children. There's a suspicion that Bell might have been a little too friendly to Banning's wife while Pete was overseas.
The quest for justice is only the beginning in this Southern-family saga. Readers expecting Grisham's usual themes of justice and corrupt lawyers won't be disappointed, but he does so much more this time around. Grisham takes a snapshot of a chaotic time and showcases the world of law and the lack of equality for everyone and wraps it in a family-saga package.
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A broken fence is pictured leading from the parking lot near the site of the Route 91 music festival mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., October 5, 2017.
LAS VEGAS - The U.S. gun lobby, which has seldom embraced new firearms-control measures, voiced a readiness on Thursday to restrict a rifle accessory that enabled a Las Vegas gunman to strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained fire as if from an automatic weapon.
Police have said the gunman, Stephen Paddock, equipped 12 of his weapons with so-called bump-stock devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to operate as if they were fully automatic machine guns, which are otherwise outlawed in the United States.
Authorities said his ability to fire hundreds of rounds per minute over the course of 10 minutes from his perch in a 32nd-floor hotel suite was a major factor in the high casualty count of 58 people killed and hundreds wounded. Paddock, 64, killed himself before police stormed his suite.
Senior Republicans also signaled they were ready to deal with the sale of bump stocks - an accessory gun control advocates regard as work-arounds to bans on machine-guns.
"Clearly that's something we need to look into," House Speaker Paul Ryan told radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt.
"I didn't even know what they were until this week ... I think we're quickly coming up to speed with what this is," Ryan said.
The No. 2 Republican senator had called for a review of bump stocks a day earlier. Democrats were already urging new legislation, as the shooting reignited the long-standing U.S. debate over regulation of gun ownership, protected under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
"There are people who want to rush to judgment," Scalise said in an MSNBC interview on Thursday.
The NRA called for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to address bump stocks by regulation, rather than opening up the issue to the legislative process.
Thousands of mourners turned out on Thursday evening for a candlelight vigil honoring a Las Vegas police officer and member of the Nevada National Guard who was among those slain at Sunday's concert while he was there off duty.
Under a full moon in a grassy memorial park, a police honor guard including bag pipes paid tribute to Charleston Hartfield, 34, who is survived by his wife and two children.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal also reported on Thursday that organizers of a gun show scheduled for this weekend at the Eastside Cannery Casino had canceled the event, saying it did not seem "prudent" in light of Sunday's tragedy.
Investigators remained puzzled at what drove Paddock, a well-off retiree and avid gambler, to assemble an arsenal of nearly 50 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and a supply of explosives before opening fire on a country music festival attended by 20,000 people.
Reports emerged on Thursday that Paddock may have targeted other sites for attack in Chicago or Boston before the Las Vegas shooting.
A man named Stephen Paddock booked rooms in a Chicago hotel that overlooked the grounds of the Lollapalooza music festival last month, a spokeswoman for Chicago's Blackstone Hotel said in an e-mail. It was unclear if that person, who never checked in, was the same Stephen Paddock, the spokeswoman said.
Police in Boston and Chicago said they were aware of the reports and were investigating them.
Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo confirmed on Wednesday that Paddock rented a room at the Ogden, a downtown Las Vegas luxury condominium complex near the site of another music festival, on the weekend before his attack. Lombardo said police were reviewing video to determine what Paddock did there.
Discerning Paddock's motive has proven especially baffling as he had no criminal record, no known history of mental illness and no outward signs of social disaffection, political discontent or extremist ideology, police said.
She shared Paddock's home at a retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada, northeast of Las Vegas, before traveling to the Philippines in mid-September.
Investigators questioned her about Paddock's weapons purchases, a $100,000 wire transfer to a Philippine bank that appeared to be intended for her, and whether she saw any changes in his behavior.
The U.S. gun lobby, which has seldom embraced new firearms-control measures, voiced a readiness on Thursday to restrict a rifle accessory that enabled a Las Vegas gunman to strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained fire as if from an automatic weapon.


Nothing in Mexico beats tamales, especially at Christmas. This short blog provides some general information on making tamales. If all you are interested in is a great recipe please go to the one for Tex-Mex Tamales or the Turco tamales.
Spaniards introduced fat, usually in the form of lard, to Mexico, and to the previously dry and rather uninteresting tamales made by the Indians, transforming them into something special. Lard is really the only fat that should be used to make traditional savory tamales, as nothing properly imitates its flavor. For those concerned about fat, remember that good lard actually has less saturated fat than butter. One of the best substitute in terms of texture is shortening, but some of it has large quantities of partially hydrogenated fat that nutrition experts believe to be more harmful to health than saturated fat. However, a major problem in this regard is that most supermarket lard also contains partially hydrogenated fat. If you cannot find pure lard at Hispanic groceries, you can make it yourself, following the instructions in the blog on flour tortillas. When I cannot use pure lard I used to use butter, which makes delicious tamales. Recently, I have been using duck fat, with relative low saturated fat, and coconut oil, which also does an excellent job and makes tamales with a very special flavor.
The most important elements involved in making tamales are to properly measure the lard, masa, and broth or water, to beat the fat until creamy, then to beat it with the masa and liquid until it is light and fluffy. Because measuring by volume can be both imprecise and messy, especially regarding the fat, it is advisable to use an electronic kitchen scale. Good models are available for $30 - $60, and they are an extremely useful kitchen tool. The beating can be done by hand or with a hand mixer. But the easiest method is to use a stand mixer, and this piece of equipment is specified in the recipe. If you wish to make tamales with a hand mixer or completely by hand, simply continue beating until the described results are obtained.
After making the dough and filling, the tamales must be formed and wrapped. To make perfect tamales takes both skill and patience. Fortunately, producing decent ones takes much less of each. Most tamales are wrapped in corn husks, but parchment paper or even cotton bed-sheet material can also be used. Dried husks in Mexico are usually sold whole, which means they have a nice, rounded pocket at one end that keeps the masa from escaping during cooking, and they taper to a point at the other. In the United States husks are usually cut by machine, which removes the pocket, leaving a flat side. This means that the tamales must be tied at the flat end and either folded over or tied at the tapered one. (Although some cooks do fold larger ones at both ends).
Once the tamales have been formed, they should be steamed as soon as possible. Special tamaleras are sold in Hispanic groceries for the purpose, but they are unnecessary, particularly for the relatively small quantity of tamales called for in the recipe. You can use a collapsable vegetable steamer fitted into a pot or any device that is perforated to allow steam to reach the tamales and that can be placed at least 2 inches above the 2 1/2 - 3 or so inches of water called for in the recipe. For example, a fryer basket placed upside down in a large pot works well to support another fryer basket into which you can put the tamales. The most important considerations are to keep the simmering water from actually touching the tamales, and to have a tight-fitting lid that keeps as much of the steam as possible from escaping. In order to avoid the mess that can occur if all the water evaporates, many cooks put a penny at the bottom of the steamer, so that its constant rattle will sound the alarm when the water begins to disappear.


Since 1924, Arnoff Fine Art Services has been providing museums with relocation, packing, and storage services for their fine art and antique collections, serving New York's Hudson Valley, from Albany to New York City, Arnoff has handled priceless artwork from small and large museums – from one piece to an entire collection.
Arnoff's experienced packing specialists use only the finest, archival-quality materials. Every member of our team of moving professionals completes our own thorough training programs based on the recommendations of the National Gallery of Art, as well as the development programs offered by the American Association of Museums. Years of experience with every kind of move have given our packing professionals the know-how to securely handle, pack, load, and wrap your artwork and antiques for travel across town or around the world. Acid free, static free and other specialized materials are employed to assure the finest quality packing service.
Every item that is stored in Arnoff's warehouses is bar-coded into a state-of-the-art inventory management system. Items can be located and retrieved in mere seconds by our warehouse team.
Our on-site crating facility produces the highest quality crates to protect your artwork and withstand the rigors of transportation. Crating fine art so that it is safe and secure is an art in itself. Crates are custom built to any size—small to oversized—and are sturdy and reinforced for any weight. Overseas crates are made with heat treated ISPM wood to ensure your shipment is compliant with international treaties. Reusable trade show crates can be custom built to your exact specifications.
The proper temperature and humidity in our warehouses and vans will protect your precious artwork from environmental fluctuations, as well as from dust or pests. Our climate-controlled warehouse storage is perfect for fine art collections short-or long term, as well as for exhibit crates between venues or during exhibitions.
It takes more than a strong back to move sensitive items like fine art and antiques; it takes a team. The Arnoff team is made up of skilled, experienced, trained movers with the right equipment for this type of specialized work.
The key to any successful relocation is planning. Our staff will work closely with you to plan every facet of the move from the methods used to the equipment required to any special concerns you may have.
The vans used by Arnoff are designed and built to our own unique specifications. All are equipped with shock-absorbing air-ride suspensions to guarantee the smoothest ride possible for your valuable art and antiques. We also have units that are climate controlled to guarantee proper temperature and humidity.
We have been securely storing and maintaining inventory control of valuable art objects and antiques since the 1920s. Our warehouses are safe, secure and climate controlled, and they are guarded around the clock and are equipped with direct alarm systems, closed-circuit television and motion detectors. Only a few specific management personnel have access to the storage areas. The construction of our buildings is brick and insulated steel. Each is equipped with a special dry sprinkler system.
The warehouse temperature is maintained between 68 and 72 degrees, and the humidity is kept within 5 percent of 45 percent, the optimal humidity level; the building's temperature and humidity are monitored 24 hours a day.
Arnoff's furniture restoration and repair company, Atlantic Restoration, is managed by experienced restoration artisans who painstakingly restore the beauty to antique furniture and frames, also specializing in cleaning framed artwork, whether hanging up or not.
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Buying jewelry items is a big decision for most of us. Because Jewelry products are amongst the most desirable items and therefore are one of the most expensive items that we buy. This is before buying why we always bear in mind to check or verify the originality of jewelry products, which is actually easier said than done. But we would have to take the trouble of doing so if we visit a trusted jewelry store. Trusted jewelry store, as is obvious, are those that sell only 100% accredited original jewelry items. In below list we've brought names and addresses of such jewelry stores operating in Kanker city. Kanker citizens can always repose their faith on these jewelry below mentioned stores.


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Q: SharePoint Server 2016 customizable AppLauncher troubleshooting help In one of the SP2016 feature packs they added the ability to add custom tiles to the AppLauncher, getting it going is decently documented here:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt790697(v=office.16)
One thing that isn't clear to me and that I learned through troubleshooting is I had an issue where most of the users if not all didn't see the custom tiles that got added. This was after both using the ClearSuiteLinksCache() function in browser and waiting 24 hours.
I tried a couple of things, like granting everyone read-only access to the applauncher and images libraries in central administration (but obviously not publishing links via email to the libraries). I assumed the reason people didn't see the links was because they didn't have permissions. I actually am not able to confirm at all if this is the fix because I saw inconsistent behavior across peoples machines.
Does anyone know what the exact requirements are for getting the tiles to definitely show up across site collections in a separate web application from central admin? Assume that I've followed all of the steps in the MSDN article correctly.

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Continuing Change in a Virtual World: Training and Recruiting Instructors
Michael Barbour, Wayne State University, United States ; Jim Kinsella, Matthew Wicks, Illinois Virtual High School, United States ; Sacip Toker, Wayne State University, United States
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Volume 17, Number 4, October 2009 ISSN 1059-7069 Publisher: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Waynesville, NC USA
The process of teacher identification, selection, initial training, and on-going professional development that has developed at the Illinois Virtual High School (IVHS) over the past seven years is described and discussed in this article. Validation was based upon existing practices and research. To provide background the creation and initial development of the IVHS is described. Some of the issues within the hiring process and professional development that the IVHS continues to struggle are examined including teacher certification and the changing nature of technology. The paper concludes with a recommendation that teacher education programs assist in addressing these challenges to support IVHS and other virtual schools.
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Betting: Air Force can scoop gold but Galileo looks good for silver | City A.M.
Even though the National Hunt season only finished last weekend, we're already facing the first Classics of the Flat campaign.
It's funny how things cross-over at this time of year, but Newmarket's Guineas meeting is always one of the early highlights.
Aidan O'Brien has spent his career re-writing the history books and he will do so again on Saturday if he lands the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas (3.45pm).
In just 18 years he has won this iconic race seven times, a feat matched only by John Scott who trained his first Guineas winner in 1842.
And he looks to have the perfect animal to go to war with in his quest for number eight, as AIR FORCE BLUE is the highest-rated favourite since the mighty Frankel in 2011.
Unlike Sir Henry Cecil's superstar, he has tasted defeat, when beaten by one of tomorrow's rivals, Buratino, in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Since then, however, he has proven to be absolutely top class and ran away with the Dewhurst at this course last October.
Regular readers will hopefully have followed my advice to back Air Force Blue at 16/1 for this race back in July, as he is now 8/13 with Betway.
He looks like the archetypal Guineas banker and it would be a huge shock if he gets turned over.
There is a strong without Air Force Blue market and I'm happy to leave Stormy Antarctic alone at around the 5/2 mark.
He was impressive in the Craven last time, and his chance will improve if the ground turns soft, but he may just have been flattered a little that day.
Marcel was a decent winner of the Group One Racing Post Trophy last season. Pat Smullen takes the ride and he looks to have solid each-way claims.
However, with Hugo Palmer's string in fine form, I'm leaning towards GALILEO GOLD picking up the silver medal.
He won three of his five starts last term and ran a solid race to finish third at Longchamp on Arc day on his final start.
Palmer wouldn't be running him if he wasn't showing him the right signs at home and he looks a good bet at 6/1 without the favourite.
Jack Hobbs is going to be a tough nut to crack in the Jockey Club Stakes (3.05pm), so I'll give that race a miss and focus on the opening Sussex Stakes (2.00pm) instead.
Sir Michael Stoute last won this race in 2009 with Confront and the in-form Newmarket handler throws two darts at this year's renewal.
Intimation is sure to be popular with her fancy entries, but it's hard for the fillies to take on the boys at this time of year.
MUTAMAKKIN is one of few in the line-up to have had a prep run, finishing third behind runaway winner Accession over seven furlongs on the Rowley Mile a couple of weeks ago.
That was a good effort, as the step up in trip is sure to suit and this is only his second start since being gelded. There should be plenty of improvement to come.
Finally, don't miss LINCOLN in the seven furlong handicap at Goodwood (2.50pm).
His wide draw isn't ideal, but he's down to a very competitive mark and had no luck in running at Haydock last weekend.


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Penn State » Ag Sciences » Plant Science » Directory » Marvin Hall, Ph.D.
I specialize in forage production and utilization. This involves both annual and perennial forage crops and their interaction with consuming animals. In this role, I collaborate with agencies and organizations throughout Pennsylvania and the Northeast that have forage related interests. My research is primarily oriented towards conserved forages. An additional area of research is the production of perennial grasses for biomass production on reclaimed strip mine sites.
My other interests include competing in Triathlons and Ultra Marathons.
Assistant, Associate and Full Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, 1990 to present.
Hall, M.H., J.M. Dillon, H.J. Stambaugh, N.S. Hebrock, P.E. Pierson, J.L. Caddel, V.N. Owens, R.M. Sulc, D.J. Undersander, and R.S. Whitesides. 2012. The Effects of Seeding Rate on Older Stands of Glyphosate-Tolerant Alfalfa. Agron. J. 104:1096-1099.
Fouli, Y., S.W. Duiker, D.D. Fritton, M.H. Hall, J.E. Watson, and D.H. Johnson. 2012. Double Cropping Effects on Forage Yield and the Field Water Balance. J. of Agric. Water Management. 115:104-117.
Hall. M.H. and J.H. Cherney. 2010. Increased Teff Seeding Rates in the Northeast Region of the United States Increases Forage Yield. Forage and Grazinglands. Online. doi: 10.1094/FG-2010-0802-01-BR.
Hall, M.H., Hebrock, N.S., P.E. Pierson, J.L. Caddel, V.N. Owens, R.M. Sulc, D.J. Undersander, and R.S. Whitesides. 2010. The Effects of Glyphosate-Tolerant Technology on Reduced Alfalfa Seeding Rates. Agron. J. 102:911-916.
Staniar, W.B., J.R. Bussard, N.M. Repard, M. H. Hall, and A. O. Burk. 2010. Voluntary Intake and Digestibility of Teff Hay Fed to Horses. J. of Animal Sci. doi: 10.2527jas.2009-2688.
Deak, A., M.H. Hall, M.A. Sanderson, A. Rotz, and M. Corson. 2010. Whole Farm Evaluation of Forage Mixtures and Grazing Strategies. Agron. J. 102:1201-1209.
Brink, G., M. Hall, G. Shewmaker, D. Undersander, N. Martin, and R. Walgenbach. 2010. Changes in Alfalfa Yield and Nutritive Value within Individual Harvest Periods. Agron. J. 102:1274-1282.
Hall, M.H., R.C. Stout and W.S. Smiles. 2002. Effect of foliar fertilizers and growth regulators on alfalfa yield and quality. Online. Crop Mngt. Today. DOI:10.1094/CM-2002-0429-01-RS.
Casler, M.D., S.L. Fales, A.R. McElroy, M.H. Hall, L.D. Hoffman, D.J. Undersander, and K.T. Leath. 2002. Half-sib Selection for Forage Yield in Orchardgrass. Plant Breeding 121:43–48.
Miller, D.A., M.H. Hall, J. Voortman and P.J. Kolb. 2002. A web-based decision support tool for forage species selection. Crop Mngt. Today. DOI: 10.1094/CM-2002-1014-01-MA.
Hall, M.H., D.B. Beegle, R.C. Stout, and R.S. Bowersox. 2003. Optimum sustainable nitrogen fertilization of cool-season grasses. Agron. J. 95:1023–1027.
Sanderson, M.A., M. Labreveux, M.H. Hall, and G.F. Elwinger. 2003. Forage yield and persistence of chicory and English plantain. Crop Sci. 43:995–1000.
Sanderson, M.A., M. Labreveux, M.H. Hall, and G.F. Elwinger. 2003. Nutritive value of chicory and English plantain. Crop Sci. 43:1797–1804.
Hall, M.H., C.J. Nelson, J.H. Couts, and R.C. Stout. 2004. Effect of seeding rates on alfalfa stands longevity. Agron. J. 96:717–722.
Labreveux, M., M.H. Hall, and M.A. Sanderson. 2004. Productivity of Chicory and Plantain Cultivars under Grazing. Agron. J. 96:710–716.
Hall, M.H. and J.R. Wilson. 2004. Interactive, web based, silage fermentation teaching module. Crop Mngt. DOI: 10.1094/CM-2004-04XX-01-BR.
Hall, M.H., Shewmaker, G., and J. Jennings. 2004. Alfalfa establishment guide. Forage and Grazinglands. DOI: 10.1094/FG-2004-06XX-01-RS.
Hall, M.H., R.C. Stout, and A. Deak. 2005. Effect of initial harvest timing on cultivar yield in cool-season forage grass trials. Agron. J 97:137–141.
Foster, J.C., W.M. Clapman, D.P. Belesky, M. Labreveux, M.H. Hall, and M.A. Sanderson. 2006. Influences of cultivation site on sesquiterpene lactone composition of forage chicory (Cichorium intybus L.). J. Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54:1772–1778.
Labreveux, M., M.A. Sanderson and M.H. Hall. 2006. Forage Chicory and Plantain: Nutritive value of herbage at variable grazing frequencies and intensities. Agron. J. 98: 231–237.
Deak, A., M.H. Hall, M.A. Sanderson and D.D. Archibald. 2007. Production and nutritive value of grazed simple and complex mixtures. Agron. J. 98:814–821.
Deak, A., M.H. Hall, and M.A. Sanderson. 2009. Grazing Schedule Effect on Forage Production and Nutritive Value of Diverse Forage Mixtures. Agron. J. 101: 408–414.
Hall, M.H., J. M. Dillon, D. J. Undersander, T. M. Wood, P. W. Holman, D. H. Min, R. H. Leep, G. D. Lacefield, H. T. Kunelius, P. R. Peterson, and N. J. Ehlke. 2009. Ecogeographic Factors Affecting Inflorescence Emergence of Cool-Season Forage Grasses. Crop Sci. 49: 1109-1115.
Dillehay, B.L., W.S. Curran, and M.H. Hall. 2009. Potential for Delayed Orchardgrass Seeding during Glyphosate-Resistant Alfalfa Establishment. Agron. J. 101: 1108–1112.


Well, it's almost over. Yesterday was the last day my "baby" will ever step foot in another class at his school. His graduation ceremony from High School will take place this weekend. Where has the time gone!
One day I'm napping with him and Scooby Doo and in the blink of an eye he's posing for me in his junior high football uniform. He's traded his longer locks and braces for a shorter cut and a cap and gown... and a beautiful smile that lights up my world.
He is a young man now. I can no longer cradle him as did when he was my little boy. Yet he will always be my little boy. The son who brought such joy to his parents' life.
He is smart, and funny and has always been surprisingly wise beyond his years. His strength is inspiring. His mouth sometimes annoying. He has not always been a perfect kid, but he's been a pretty darn good one. He is, still my "little boy." I prayed over that little boy when he was yet to be born. I now pray that God will direct him and that he will follow the directions. I can't wait to see what God has planned for him.
But today, it's tears that I'm shedding for that little boy that can now only be found in photo albums and in the memories locked away in my mind.
How can it be that five years have gone by already?
Though our lives came to a screeching halt on May 4th, 2010, at the same time I wonder where all the time went. How has it been five years already? It's somewhat of a mystery how time can stand still and fly by at the same time, but it has.
Five years ago today I had not yet emerged from the induced coma. My body still recovering from the trauma it had recently gone through. It was so long ago and yet it seems like just yesterday.
Today is Mother's Day. Five years ago I couldn't hear my son wish me a Happy Mother's Day and I was unable to honor my mom. I was in the ICU on a respirator, soon to be awakened from a peaceful sleep. It is a time of which I have no recollection.
As I think back on that year, my heart is overflowing with gratitude. It was a challenging year to be sure. It was also a time of spiritual awakening and growth. Not just my own but for my husband and for my mom. Both for whom I had been interceding on their behalf.
God is so good! - In spite of the constant battles Satan forges against us, God is good! My husband could have been a widow. Our son could have been orphaned. My mom could have be devastated by the tragic loss of another child. But it was God who was victorious.
He shielded me from the bullets when I was in satan's crosshairs, deflecting them and preventing them from causing any permanent damage.
He guarded hearts against the anger and bitterness satan would count on as his backup plan.
He preserved life and faith my marriage and my family.
He demonstrated His love for me through family, friends, and even through strangers interceding on my behalf and providing for our needs.
He blessed me with my own private time "in the garden," alone with Him. The twenty days in the hospital and the following months of recuperation allowed me to grow closer to God than I have ever been in my life.
Lying in bed with my Bible, my pen and my paper, through His Word, God showed me His Truth. He revealed to me why things had to happen the way they did. And even though I was medicated for the first two months He gave me the desire to document my experiences. That "terrible" time brought me into His presence.
I'm sorry for the despair the shooting caused my loved ones. I'm sorry for the loss our family has suffered as a result of it. My heart aches because of the absence in our home and because my son doesn't have his dad here for him. I pray that these heartaches come to an end soon and that God will intervene (yet again) and bring him home to me.
I surrender my life's story to Him. It is His to write and take wherever He wants it to go.
My feelings are conflicted in heartache and joy, however. - Heartache over the unnecessary and ongoing loss. Joy in the assurance of salvation for those I love. Gratitude for all God has done and all He is going to do.
Praises to His Holy Name! I will sing of His love forever!
As a mother, my first desire is to know my child has accepted Jesus as Savior. Following that is his health and safety. Also at the top of my list of desires for him is that he is loving, caring, and happy. I hurt when he hurts. Whether it is physical or emotional, 'I feel his pain.' I would like nothing more than to protect Him from all the pain inherent in living in this world, but I know that is an unrealistic expectation.
Pain is generally thought of as a bad thing, but that is not always the case. If we could not feel pain we would not know to remove our hand from a hot surface. If Jesus did not suffer the pain of our sins we would be lost for eternity. How God, who loves far beyond my imagination and capacity to love, could endure watching His Son suffer in order for us to be saved, defies human comprehension.
If we are wise we grow as a result of painful experiences and relationships. Difficulty, pain and heartbreak are part of life. Jesus tells us that, in this life, we can count on having trials. When we trust in Jesus, we can be over comers. We can grow and be joyful in all things, because of what He has accomplished on our behalf.
Lord, may my child's trials in this life be minimal and his faith be limitless.
Psalm 84:6 TLB 6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of springs where pools of blessing and refreshment collect after the rains.
Crash!! Reaching into the cupboard I bumped my treasured coffee mug.
'Oh NO!!!!!' I yell as I reach frantically to stop the inevitable result. It bounced off the edge of the counter before landing on the kitchen floor. My heart, along with the handle on that mug, was broken. My eyes burned as they filled just enough for two salty streams to trickle down my face.
I am far too mature to have burst into tears. At almost fifty-two, I have lived long enough to see far too many real tragedies. Undoubtedly, there are those who have experienced more tragedies than I have. But I am certain I have lived through more than my fair share of personal tragedies. Certainly too many to be overcome with grief over a simple coffee mug. It is not, however, just any old coffee mug. It is a treasure from the past.
The mug has no significant material value. It is not an heirloom passed down through generations. It was probably mass produced for only pennies a piece. In primary school, the gifts at Santa's workshop cannot be expensive. Santa's workshop isn't about the monetary value of the gifts as much as it is about the children having the opportunity to 'shop' for gifts to give to those they love.
We can't help but laugh remembering the very first gift Austin purchased for me from the workshop.... a car sponge. (What?) I have NO idea what was going on in his 5-year-old mind that would possess him to give that to me. Christmas day he had no idea that I was completely puzzled by his selection. He just knew that I thought it was the best gift ever. The gift was the joy - bringing us laughter over the years as we wonder what in the world he was thinking.
The next Christmas thinking he may continue with that theme, I wondered if I would unwrap my gift to find a wire brush for my car tires. No, not this year. (whew!) My sweet boy melted my heart this time. It was a ceramic mug that said 'Mom, you're beautiful!'. It would be the first time that mug brought tears to my eyes - but not the last. Through the years, for different reasons, I've had tearful morning coffee as I re-read the words on the side of my cup. Happy tears for the memory... sad tears at the thought of my baby growing up... tearful prayers for God's protection over his life.
As I picked up the broken pieces from the floor, I thought those would be the final tears I would share with that mug. I just couldn't toss it out though. Call me a hoarder if you will but it was only the handle. The memory, the mug, and the message were still intact. It will no longer be used to sip morning coffee. I placed it on the shelf next to the tiny 'I love you Mom' flower pot - another treasure from the past. There it rests, with two rough pieces protruding from where the handle used to be.
My son came home the other day from a friend's house. He whipped out his phone excited to show me what he found.
"THIS - made - my - day... It was awesome!" Before he showed me, he explained that, while visiting at a friend's house, someone asked him to get a glass from the cupboard. Intrigued, I wondered what could be so 'awesome'. Looking at the picture, I saw what appeared to be my cherished mug.
"That is unbelievable!" It looked almost identical to the mug that I could not throw away. I must admit - I was a bit amazed myself. The one remaining handle part protruding from the side just a bit bigger than on mine. The difference is only evident, however, when pictured side by side. Jokingly I asked, "How did my coffee cup get in Ellie's cupboard?"
"I know, right?" His big smile revealed his pleasure at my reaction.
My heart stung with pain due to my careless handling of my treasured Christmas gift. I stored it in an over-filled cupboard. My 'baby' gave me a meaningful gift. I kept it with all the other dishware that I had accumulated over the years. It held infinitely more value than the rest, but I didn't behave as if it did. I treated it as 'ordinary'.
Somehow the pain I brought on myself evolved into shared smiles of amazement in that moment.
Starting out we are given a beautiful life. The life God planned for us. Then we can manage to take it for granted, treat it as 'ordinary', and sometimes we end up 'breaking' it. We may not intend it, but we become distracted. We begin to take our relationship with God for granted. We fill our lives with other 'stuff' and then end up pushing Him out. - Then we end up breaking our relationship with Him.
2 Corinthians 4:16-17 NLT 16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. 17 For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
Thank You God that You can use our broken lives. The pieces may be broken. There may even be pieces that are beyond repair. Help us - help me to give You what I have left. I know you can bless our lives for Your glory. When we offer our lives You can transform us, no matter how bad our deteriorated condition may be.
Looking down, I see your eyes closed and your tiny little hands clasped. Are you praying? Do you already have a special relationship with your Heavenly father? You are only one month old yet it warms my heart to believe that you do. Could this be God's way of letting me know that He had heard my prayers for you – even before I knew for sure that there would be a 'you'? I so wanted my child to have a seeker's heart.
More than a year has passed. As they wheel you to the front of the sanctuary for the play, in the wagon full of Christmas baby-angels, your smile is beaming and you look so happy to be dressed in your red garland-trimmed white robe. I pray that you keep that happy innocence. I pray you continue to bless others as you have blessed the daycare workers with your sweet disposition.
You are three years old now and it is difficult to hold back the tears as you respond to Miss Marcia's request to come to the front of the church to sing with her one Sunday morning. Being your pre-school teacher, she knew how sweetly you could sing. Completely unafraid, you sing along just as she taught you.... "Blessed be the name of the Lord, He is worthy to be praised and adored...". It is amazing to me that you are so calm, so uninhibited... so unlike me. Again, I am reminded of my prayers for you. I pray you continue to have that boldness for the Lord.
Though church attendance drops off and there are few attending Sunday School, you continue to go and participate. But I can see that your attentions and enthusiasm are turning in other directions. You are blessed with athletic ability and sports are becoming a big part of your life. I pray that you recognize it is God who blessed you and that you will give Him the glory... and that you won't forget Him.
At thirteen, I am so proud and thankful for the strength and grace you demonstrate in the face of unimaginable trauma. With your Dad now in jail and after enduring days of uncertainty as you were told I may not live, you choose forgiveness. God knew what you would have to endure. He knew that it would take a very special child to endure it.
You are now a young man. Many warned me about the dreaded teenage years. Convinced that I would see no change, I am surprised when my sweet boy has indeed become that somewhat surly teenager. I know God is guarding your heart though. I know this transition is supposed to be part of becoming your own person.
I pray that just as you refuse to back down on the basketball court, that you will not back down when your faith is challenged. And that you will be, not only a leader on your team, but a leader on God's team as well. I pray you are able to boldly articulate a defense of it that is both intelligent and gracious... Souls depend on it.
I pray God will continue to speak to the heart of my sweet praying baby boy, and that your life and your faith will continue to bless others and bring glory to Him.
We pray for our children. We raise them in the faith. But as they grow into adulthood they will face assaults on that faith, both subtle and blatant . There is a serious problem of our youth leaving the church.
Crossexamined.org is a non-profit organization that speaks to young people on campuses across the nation, reminding them of their faith. God is using Frank Turek and his team to equip young Christians to defend their faith. They show them why they can believe, and they teach them how to defend what they believe.
If your heart is burdened for young people today, and as you feel led by the Spirit, I urge you to donate today to this very important ministry. It is imperative that we don't lose the children that we have spent our lives praying for.


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Homegrown Chinese Brands On The Rise As Foreign Rivals Hunker Down
Avery Booker
Yatsen Holding-owned brands like Dr. Wu have seen a sales turnaround in recent months. Photo: Watsons
Facing a more challenging economic and regulatory environment in the Greater China market while remaining committed to their long-term investments, major global luxury and consumer brands are hunkering down for some tough times ahead. While there is little indication that Chinese consumers have fully lost their appetite for luxury, consumer enthusiasm for hitting high-end boutiques has been dampened by China's "dynamic zero" COVID policy and its unpredictable lockdowns.
For any brand invested or expanding in the China market, a key concern at the moment is flagging consumer confidence. This past April, the country's consumer index sat at a mediocre 86.7, the lowest level since this figure became available in 1991 and far short of 100, the benchmark that delineates consumer optimism and pessimism. After Shanghai's extended lockdown was lifted in June, this number climbed to 88.9, an "improvement" that still represented a 27.6 percent drop year-on-year. In the ninth edition of the Future Consumer Index released by Ernst & Young earlier this year, 42 percent of surveyed Chinese consumers stated that economic pressure is impacting their consumption decisions.
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While it remains to be seen how much of an impact this will have on major luxury groups over the entirety of the year, the combination of economic turbulence and the ever-present possibility of more lockdowns has already crimped revenue. In recent earnings reports, Kering, Richemont, Burberry, Tapestry, Estée Lauder, and Ralph Lauren have reported weaker sales in China. This, naturally, is cause for concern for companies highly exposed to the China market, such as Tapestry — owner of Coach and Stuart Weitzman — which derives roughly one-fifth of its global sales from the region.
Currently, the performance of some homegrown Chinese brands — supported by the government's "dual circulation" strategy — indicates that consumer demand hasn't fully dried up. Nike and Adidas competitor Anta Sports, for example, has seen its stock rise more than 13 percent this month, while high street fashion group JNBY has recorded a 12 percent increase. And since late May, beleaguered Perfect Diary owner Yatsen Holding has seen its previously sliding stock rise 108 percent, sitting today at $1.32 up from a low of $0.39 at the end of May. (A far cry from its high of $24.55 in February 2021, but still an improvement.)
According to Yatsen's recent Q2 2022 performance report, even as group revenue fell nearly 38 percent year-on-year to 952 million yuan ($137.6 million), its skincare business jumped more than 49 percent year-on-year to 318 million yuan ($45.9 million), accounting for more than one-third of total group revenue. Interestingly, Yatsen's muted but brightening skincare prospects were led not by Perfect Diary but by portfolio brands Dr. Wu (which Yatsen bought in early 2021), Eve Lim (acquired from Manzanita Capital in 2021), and Galénic (acquired in 2020), all of which recorded triple-digit growth over the quarter.
Another domestic Chinese beauty brand that has seen success in 2022 is Proya (珀莱雅), which recorded a 36.9 percent year-on-year increase in revenue in the first half of the year to 2.6 billion yuan ($375.8 million). Having proven itself highly adept at local marketing, Proya has also masterfully folded Douyin sales into its broader e-commerce strategy, helping the brand's online sales account for nearly 67 percent of its direct-to-consumer (DTC) revenue.
Unlike Perfect Diary, which remains notoriously hampered by massive marketing spending and low ROI, Proya remains highly profitable, with net profit rising 31.3 percent in the first half of the year to 297 million yuan ($42.9 million). Crucially, C-beauty brands like Proya and the aforementioned Yatsen brands do not seem to be struggling as much as foreign powerhouses like Estée Lauder and Shiseido, although much of this could be ascribed to the lower prices and ready availability of domestic brands.
C-Beauty brand Proya has seen profits soar in 2022. Photo: Proya
But relatively affordable price points only go part of the way in explaining why many domestic brands have managed to increase revenue in an otherwise difficult economic environment this year. The nationalistic tastes and spending preferences of younger millennial and Gen Z consumers — many of whom do, of course, choose more affordable options owing to lower salaries — are also key to keep in mind. According to one recent Tencent survey, 45 percent of "post-95" Chinese consumers (i.e., those born after 1995) regularly chose to purchase products infused with guochao elements. This outpaced "post-90s" consumers (38 percent) as well as "post-80s" shoppers (27 percent), indicating that the popularity of Chinese brands over the past couple of years is no flash in the pan.
While mid-priced and affordable foreign brands should be concerned, should major luxury brands be scared? Definitely not — there remain virtually no direct luxury competitors in the China market. Yet they do need to be aware that China's youngest consumers may have less of an appetite for foreign imports than their older counterparts, a fact that could have major retail implications over the next decade.
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Is Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) A Good Stock To Buy?
In this article you are going to find out whether hedge funds think Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ:EDUC) is a good investment right now. We like to check what the smart money thinks first before doing extensive research on a given stock. Although there have been several high profile failed hedge fund picks, the consensus picks among hedge fund investors have historically outperformed the market after adjusting for known risk attributes. It's not surprising given that hedge funds have access to better information and more resources to predict the winners in the stock market.
Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ:EDUC) has seen an increase in hedge fund interest in recent months. Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ:EDUC) was in 3 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of September. The all time high for this statistics is 3. This means the bullish number of hedge fund positions in this stock currently sits at its all time high. There were 1 hedge funds in our database with EDUC holdings at the end of June. Our calculations also showed that EDUC isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video for a quick look at the top 5 stocks).
Why do we pay any attention at all to hedge fund sentiment? Our research has shown that a select group of hedge fund holdings outperformed the S&P 500 ETFs by 66 percentage points since March 2017 (see the details here). We were also able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that'll significantly underperform the market. We have been tracking and sharing the list of these stocks since February 2017 and they lost 13% through November 17th. That's why we believe hedge fund sentiment is an extremely useful indicator that investors should pay attention to.
Gavin Saitowitz of Prelude Capital
At Insider Monkey we scour multiple sources to uncover the next great investment idea. For example, Federal Reserve has been creating trillions of dollars electronically to keep the interest rates near zero. We believe this will lead to inflation and boost real estate prices. So, we recommended this real estate stock to our monthly premium newsletter subscribers. We go through lists like the 10 most profitable companies in the world to pick the best large-cap stocks to buy. Even though we recommend positions in only a tiny fraction of the companies we analyze, we check out as many stocks as we can. We read hedge fund investor letters and listen to stock pitches at hedge fund conferences. You can subscribe to our free daily newsletter on our website. Now we're going to review the fresh hedge fund action regarding Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ:EDUC).
What have hedge funds been doing with Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ:EDUC)?
At Q3's end, a total of 3 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 200% from the second quarter of 2020. By comparison, 1 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in EDUC a year ago. So, let's check out which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
The largest stake in Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ:EDUC) was held by Renaissance Technologies, which reported holding $5 million worth of stock at the end of September. It was followed by SG Capital Management with a $0.8 million position. The only other hedge fund that is bullish on the company was Prelude Capital (previously Springbok Capital).
Consequently, some big names were leading the bulls' herd. SG Capital Management, managed by Ken Grossman and Glen Schneider, initiated the largest position in Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ:EDUC). SG Capital Management had $0.8 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Gavin Saitowitz and Cisco J. del Valle's Prelude Capital (previously Springbok Capital) also made a $0 million investment in the stock during the quarter.
Let's also examine hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ:EDUC) but similarly valued. These stocks are Equillium, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQ), Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:PWOD), Western Copper and Gold Corporation (NYSE:WRN), Investar Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:ISTR), Celyad Oncology SA (NASDAQ:CYAD), MVC Capital, Inc. (NYSE:MVC), and Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:CHMG). This group of stocks' market valuations are similar to EDUC's market valuation.
EQ 5 11814 1
PWOD 1 3405 0
WRN 3 2356 1
ISTR 5 13211 1
CYAD 1 126 -1
MVC 8 38046 0
CHMG 3 7400 0
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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Cary Mayor Mark Kownick (left) and Sage Vice President of Business Development Paul Hanifl discuss on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 the expansion for Sage Products in Cary. The project is expected to eventually add about 350 jobs. Sage bought the 27 acres of land east of its current facility, 3909 Three Oaks Road, for about $3.3 million in December, records show.
CARY – Construction has started on Sage Products' 200,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Cary, and project leaders said the facility is expected to be operational by the end of the year.
The first phase of the expansion will add about 50 jobs, while the second phase – which would add an additional 610,000 square feet of warehouse, manufacturing, office and parking space by 2021 – is expected to add about 300 jobs, village officials have said.
Sage bought the 27 acres of land east of its current facility, 3909 Three Oaks Road, for about $3.3 million in December, records show.
Although work had already started a couple of weeks ago on the vacant lot, about 50 people came out Wednesday morning for a ceremonial groundbreaking.
"Obviously, this is a celebration of Sage's past and all that we've accomplished in this community [and] that we're here today," Sage Products President and CEO emeritus Scott Brown said.
Sage Products has been in its existing facility in Cary since 2001, and since it started in 1971 has had locations in Hebron, Crystal Lake and at another location in Cary, according to the company's website.
Michigan-based Stryker Corp. bought Sage Products in February 2016 for about $2.78 billion.
Sage Products had considered another location outside of Cary, but the village made the expansion doable for them, in part by allowing for the closure of Sage Parkway, Cary Mayor Mark Kownick said.
Although some residents voiced concerns about the road closure, ultimately it was approved by the Village Board, and Kownick said there have not been many complaints since.
"This is a great economic development piece – it fits in great with what our plan is to increase our industrial presence," Kownick said.
Sage Products has about 850 employees, Vice President and General Manager for Sage Products Bill Howes said, and Kownick estimated about 100 of those people live in Cary.
Products Sage Products makes all are aimed at preventing adverse events for patients in hospitals, and improving patients and caregivers lives, Howes said. The company always is looking to solve the next problem in health care, he said.
The space where the existing distribution center is will be replaced by more manufacturing space, Vice President Commercial Operations for Sage Products Sean Haley said.
When the project was up for approval in the fall, Sage Products amended its original plans to add a private driveway for trucks leaving the property to the east and exiting on Georgetown Drive.
The company also said the addition would have a larger setback than its current building and would have landscaping to cover the loading docs to the south, to help address some resident's concerns.
As to why the company stuck in Cary, it just made sense to stay near the existing facility, Haley said.
Sage Products has a visible presence throughout the county, from the Sage YMCA in Crystal Lake to the Centegra Sage Cancer Center in McHenry. Through donations and sponsorships, Sage Products estimated earlier that its employees have supplied area nonprofits with $3.71 million over the past 10 years.


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How will your business define success in 2017? The simple answer is: by building and implementing a solid business strategy. Success depends on both your implementation and your overall strategy being in line with one another. You cannot have a successful implementation unless you have a business strategy to tell you where you are going. The flip side is true as well: you cannot have a successful business strategy unless you have an implementation strategy to tell how to get the job done.
With this being said, Lisa and I have put together six steps to determine how to devise and implement successful business strategy.
Most small business owners shy away from creating an annual business strategy because they think it is a waste of time. It seems to them to be an exercise that does not produce results and does not contribute to the bottom line. That could not be further from the truth. If your business strategy is not helping you reach your goals, you are doing it wrong. Successful businesses cannot function without an executable business strategy.
If you are someone who has never created a business strategy before, you are likely wondering "where do I start?" These three simple steps will get you on your way to creating a results-focused, implementable strategy.
The best way to craft a strategy is to focus on your desired result. At the end of this 12-month period, what do you hope to achieve? Put yourself in that moment, as if it is already happened. What would success look like? Then reverse engineer your timeline. If you want a specific result by the end of the year, what needs to have happened by the end of the third quarter? What needs to have happened by the end of the second quarter, and the first? This will allow you to see how you are going to achieve your goals.
Think about the financial metrics first, but do not just list out a revenue number. Consider how many clients you will need to serve, or how many specific services and products you'll need to sell in order to achieve those financial results. Ask yourself, do you have the time and resources to do all of that? Think through all of the activities that need to take place to achieve those results. Make sure to tie these goals to the bigger vision of your business. Your end results should be a stepping stone to reaching your longer-term goals.
One of the biggest reasons why annual strategies / goal setting fail is because the goal in question was not realistic to start with. We get starry-eyed, we think we have an amazing, long 12-months ahead of us, and before we know it, it is June; and then December. Time goes by fast and we have a lot going on. Three goals should be your set-point for an annual strategy. It will be hard to achieve much more than that. It is a good idea to have someone review your goals—someone that is not afraid to push back if they think you are thinking too big or too small. You want your goals to be challenging, but you want them to be achievable.
There is a tendency by some business owners to immediately gather a team and to put their all into implementing their goals, hoping to achieve a specific result. This strategy will overextend all of your resources, leave you with no team synchronization, and establish no accountability. This is where project management can help establish an effective implementation strategy, which will help you to achieve your goals.
In order to have an effective implementation, businesses must have the right project strategy to advance their business strategy and to reach their desired results. Below are three steps to get your project started on the right track.
Appoint an administrator to communicate the company's business strategy to the team and to manage the overall goals. It is amazing how many project managers and their teams have no clue on how their assigned project connects to the overall business strategy. More importantly, there is often no one to manage the goals to ensure they are successfully completed. Communication helps the team to understand how important successfully reaching the goal is to the business. Actively tracking progress, resolving issues, and allotting necessary resources helps to achieve the expected result.
Even though your goals are identified while you create your business strategy, you should perform a comprehensive assessment to clearly understand and define your goals. By completing an assessment, you will determine if a goal should be further broken down into smaller goals. The assessment should also clearly define a solution to determine how your goals will be implemented.
Planning is the most important part of implementing a goal, but businesses spend the least amount of time carrying out this activity effectively. If planning is not done properly, everything you did not plan for, which you should have planned for, will present itself during execution. This could extend all of your resources to their limits and derail the whole project. Planning maximizes your resources (time, costs, and people), betters coordination around the goal, and increases accountability among the team. Planning will help to orchestrate your success!
As important as it is to create an annual business strategy, of equal importance is the execution of that plan. If you create a business strategy, have no implementation strategy and file it away, only to check in on it at the end of the year, you are missing the point.
Cerila Gailliard holds a Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from the Project Management Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems (University of Phoenix). Cerila Gailliard is the founder of Orchestrating Your Success LLC which provides Project Management services to help business achieve their business goals successfully.


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Are The Sandinistas Coming Back?
Nicaragua may well be next domino to fall to socialism in Latin America. The FSLN or "Sandinistas" are favourites to win the upcoming election.
From the Communist Party USA's latest People's weekly World.
As Nicaragua prepares for elections Nov. 5, and with Daniel Ortega of the Nicaragua Triumphs/Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leading in the polls, a delegation of academics and activists is visiting the country to investigate charges of U.S. interference in the electoral process.
A delegation in June condemned U.S. interference in Nicaragua's affairs. It noted that Paul Trivelli, the U.S. ambassador, called former President Ortega a "tiger who hasn't changed his stripes," and said the U.S. would "re-evaluate" its relationship with Nicaragua should the Sandinistas regain power.
Washington's current maneuvers aim at building right-center unity to block Ortega's election. The goal is to unite those in the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) in a coalition behind the candidacy of Eduardo Montealegre of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN).
Ortega is making his fifth run for office. He is mobilizing peasant farmers, women, former guerillas, students, environmentalists and intellectuals, along with some former Contra and Miskito Indian adversaries, into the Nicaragua Triumphs coalition. The coalition is calling for agrarian reform, fair trade before free trade, nationalization of key industries, health care, expanded educational and cultural opportunities, environmental stewardship, indigenous rights, gender equality and increased trade with Cuba and Venezuela.
The red and black FSLN flag may once again flutter over this resource-rich nation, whose people remain among the poorest of Central America. The Sandinistas continue to reflect the class interests of an increasingly mobilized working poor and those who are anti-CAFTA, anti-International Monetary Fund, pro-environment and pro-democracy. Nicaragua may well be on the road to rejecting neoliberalism and embracing the continent-wide movement for self-determination and socialism, with Bolivia, Venezuela and Cuba in the vanguard.
Rosario Murillo, FSLN campaign chief and spouse of Daniel Ortega, writes: "We will win, there can be no doubt. Let us raise our hearts, our ideals and our wills. … We will triumph ... the Nicaraguan people will triumph on Nov. 5! ... Viva the Sandinista National Liberation Front!"
posted by Trevor Loudon at 10/21/2006 03:15:00 PM
Oliver said...
The Sandinistas continue to reflect the class interests of an increasingly mobilized working poor and those who are anti-CAFTA, anti-International Monetary Fund, pro-environment and pro-democracy.
I think that's a platform that many can identify with, and you seem to imply that 'pro-democracy' is a negative thing? I guess it makes sense having supported Pinochet...
Additionally, you really need to right your total ignorance of Nicaraguan politics today. Ortega has swung out to the right, and most of the original Sandinista's (including his former deputy) have formed their own groups/gotten away from him.
Marxist-Leninists like Ortega often use the term democracy. Kim Jong Il rules the Peoples "Democratic" Republic of Korea.
As some wag once said "any country with Democratic in its name ain't".
Do you have any evidence that trev supported Pinochet oliver?
Are you saying that you disagree with Washington's attempted interference in the democratic process in Nicaragua, Trevor, or are you all for it?
That would depend on the type of interference anon.
Is Washington justified in attempting to stop a Marxist-Leninist government take power in Nicaragua? Unequivocally yes.
It is the how that i am less certain on.
If the Nicaraguan people were to vote in a Marxist-Leninist government, would you be in favour of the United States overthrowing said government?
Most certainly anon.
You answer my question.
If the Nicaraguan people were to vote in a Nazi government (as the germans once did), would you be in favour of the United States overthrowing said government?
So you support democracy, only as far as the people vote for the candidate most liked by the United States government?
And you can hardly compare Ortega with Hitler.
And you can also hardly blame the people of Nicaragua for wanting to try something else - the last few governments have hardly done a cracker job of helping that nation rise out of poverty.
As if the Sandinistas did last time around.
You miss the point of my question anon. I never mentioned Hitler, i talked about a Nazi government.
My point being that Nazi and Marxist-Leninist governments are criminal organisations and hence fair game.
I believe the US should be much less involved in other country's business, but it has a legitimate interest in countering any M-L activity within their sphere of influence.
I believe most leftists would support the US taking out a Nazi government whereever it was located.
I support the US's (or anyone else's) right to vigourously oppose M-L regimes.
So you do not support democracy; or you do, only so far as the people vote for the right party. That's not democracy, and I'm not sure what you would call it.
"As if the Sandinistas did last time around."
Good point, Trev. I'm sure it would have been a piece of cake for anyone to fight a civil war against terrorists (the Contras) armed and supported by the most powerful nation in the history of the planet (the USA) and at the same time provide public services to help the country rise out of poverty.
Good one. You really got me laughing there.
Furthermore, I just had read an article on wikipedia about the freedom loving, American-backed Contras.
An exerpt:
"Contra Atrocities
The Nicaragua conflict claimed an estimated 60,000 lives. The Contras were frequentely accused of being responsible for multiple political assassinations, kidnappings, and the widespread use of torture. They were opposed by many Nicaraguans as well as foreign human rights organizations who viewed their tactics, which included the targeting of civilians, as brutal and indiscriminate.
The Contras were accused of blowing up bridges, civilian power plants and schools, burning fields of crops and attacked hospitals. Their tactics were said to include rape, kidnappings of peasants and civilians, ambushes and massacres against small rural communities, farms, co-operatives, schools and health clinics. Contra raids caused extensive damage to crop fields, grain silos, irrigation projects, farm houses and machinery. Numerous state farms and co-operatives were incapacitated; other farms still intact were abandoned because of the danger. Witness For Peace, an American Protestant watchdog body, collected a list of Contra atrocities in one year, which included murder, the rape of two girls in their homes, torture of men, maiming of children, cutting off arms, cutting out tongues, gouging out eyes, castration, bayoneting pregnant women in the stomach, amputating the genitals of people of both sexes, gouging out eyes, scraping the skin off the face, pouring acid on the face, breaking the toes and fingers of an 18 year old boy, and summary executions.
One survivor of a Contra raid in Jinotega province, which borders Honduras, reported: "Rosa had her breasts cut off. Then they cut into her chest and took out her heart. The men had their arms broken, their testicles cut off and their eyes poked out. They were killed by slitting their throats and pulling the tongue out through the slit."[1] The human rights organisation Americas watch, concluded that "the Contras systematically engage in violent abuses…. so prevalent that these may be said to be their principle means of waging war."
What a bloody lovely group of fellows. It is amazing what people can get away with when they are backed by a superpower.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(guerrillas)
What's your point anon?
That's an easy way out for you, isn't it. "I don't understand", "Me no comprende". The United States government backed and armed the Contras, who were a vicious group of homicidal terrorists. The Contras waged a brutal war against a group of people (the Sandanistas) who overthrew another American-backed dictatorship (The Somozas), and you accuse the Sandinistas of not doing enough to help the Nicaraguan people to escape poverty. Your points are hollow, ignorant, and mind-boggling. You have no point and you made it badly. You support democracy, but only if the people vote for the right party (the one annointed by the United States in most cases). Do me a favour - don't trumpet the wonders of democracy anymore or say how the United States stands for democracy. History has shown that to be false.
That's my point. Comprende?
Lighten up anon. I fully understand what you're on about but you're way off the point of this thread.
My points are.
Marxist-Leninist and National Socialist regimes are criminal organisations and should be fought with all means necessary. Whether they are democratically elected or not is irrelevant.
The Nazis were democratically elected, does that mean they should not have been overthrown? It would have saved the world some grief if they had been and I would have supported any such moves.
The United States, whose foreign policy I am generally highly critical of, has a right (as does any other nation) to oppose or overthrow any criminal regime within their sphere of influence.
It's called self defence.
All this stuff about the alleged crimes of the Contras is irrelevant.
Based on what I have written in this thread, who do you think I vote for? Take a guess.
I wrote the 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 14th comments.
McGillicuddy Serious Party?
Ouch. Not quite.
ACT?
Anon, i don't know why you support ACT, whether for its liberal social policies, its liberal economic policies, both, or for some other reason.
However the Nicaraguan Sandinistas are Marxist-Leninist totalitarians with very little liberal outlook.
Why would you want Nicaragua to suffer such a government?
Maybe you don't, maybe you simply believe that the people have a right to vote in any government they choose.
I have a different view. A true liberal believes in putting individual rights before those of the collective. M-Ls consistently violate individual rights and are therefore, from a liberal point of view illegitimate.
Majority rule is useful in deciding who might be best for a certain position, but no majority short of 100% has any right to violate individual liberty.
M-L regimes are evil anon and should not be tolerated by truly "democratic" societies.
Teh problem is, Trevor, that when fighting monsters, people tend to become them. The Sandinastis and Contras are the perfect example of this. You say that the Sandinastas are totalitarians, which is all very well and good, but what about the Contras? Were they librarians in disguise? No, they were also monsters, and the problem is that they were monsters backed by a country that you "support" - whatever that means - and is supposedly allowed to overthrow governments when it feels morally correct to do so. Don't you see something wrong with this picture?
You forget anon that the Sandinistas conquered Nicaragua by warfare. They then proceeded to establish a dictatoship and murder people.
The Contras fought back, with US aid, just as the Sandinistas had Cuban and Soviet backing. (Todays Sandinistas have Cuban and Venezuelan backing)
I'm not excusing everything the Contras did, nor do I support much US foreign policy. However I think it is pretty clear that the Contras had every right to take their country back and the US had every right to help them.
How could a liberal possibly argue with that?
On what do you base the claim that the country belonged to the Contras? Did it not belong to the Sandinastas? Did they steal it? Did they overthrow a democracy? The Contras fought back, with US aid, and brutally murdered men, women, and children. How could a Liberal possibly agree with that?
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