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When It Comes To Guns, The 'Truth' Will Really Set You Free.
mikethegunguy	Blogs	ACA, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Gun control, NRA, Sandy Hook, Wayne LaPierre	6 Comments
Now that the 45th President has started dismantling the Affordable Care Act, I feel it incumbent upon myself to remind all my gun-nut friends that they might now be facing a serious, indeed highly-threatening assault on their 2nd Amendment 'rights.' What? The 45th President taking away all the guns? Wasn't that what the 44th President tried to do? Isn't the 45th President the best friend that gun nuts ever had? Oh…my…God.
The reason that Gun-nut Nation better figure out how to deal with this problem is because the ACA actually contains a provision which, believe it or not, protects gun owners who refuse to tell a physician whether or not there's a gun lying around the house. But this section of the ACA is always conveniently overlooked when the Gun-nut noise machine pushed out its usual quotient of fake news about doctors and guns. Here's a comment from the NRA Blog: "The reality is, I should be able to receive medical care without being subject to a politically motivated inquisition regarding a right guaranteed by the United States Constitution." The comment is found in a post entitled, "Should a doctor be allowed to ask if you own a gun?"
But what happens if the ACA is scrapped and isn't immediately replaced with some other health-insurance law? It means that the poor, defenseless gun owner won't have the 45th President around to protect him, and this means that the doctor can not only ask whether the poor guy owns guns, but can immediately report gun ownership to the cops. Think I'm being a little bit over the top? Think again.
Recall that after Sandy Hook, the 44th President issued a series of Executive Orders covering guns. Basically Obama's action had one result, namely gun sales shot up and remained at historically-high levels until a few weeks before the 45th President was sworn in. But if you had listened to the noisemakers who pander to the Obama-burnished craziness of the NRA, you would have thought that Obama was planning to call out those 'jack-booted government thugs' (as Wayne LaPierre once characterized the ATF) to invade every gun-loving American home, grab all the hardware and cart it away. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth, but since the 45th President is now blatantly lying to the Congressional leadership about how many votes he did or didn't receive, who cares about the truth?
Actually, there is a professional group out there which does try to base its behavior on information that is evidence-based, and that group happens to be physicians, who know a lethal product when they see one. And the reason they know that guns are lethal is because physicians have to repair 85,000-thousand or so bullet wounds each year, and also have to pronounce some 30,000+ whose bullet wounds can't be repaired.
There is simply no other consumer product lying around an American home which is as lethal as a gun. Which is why physicians have been advocating that guns shouldn't be in the home. By the way, they also advocate that other lethal things, like cigarettes and pills that aren't in bottles with child-proof caps, also shouldn't be in the home. But somehow guns are different because many Americans have come to believe that it's a gun's lethality which makes it such a valuable item to own. After all, what if Mister Bad Guy comes crashing through the back door? What better way to protect yourself and your loved ones than with a gun?
There's only one little problem. All the talk about how armed citizens constitute a necessary line of defense against violence and crime is just talk. Even the NRA can't seem to produce more than 8 or 9 instances each month in which an armed citizen made the difference protecting anyone from crime. But let's not forget that we're no longer in a time when the truth counts for anything at all. And that's the reason that the NRA worked so hard to help elect Donald Trump.
Even If Hillary Uses The Gun Issue Against Bernie, Will It Work Against Cruz Or Trump?
mikethegunguy	Blogs	Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Gun control, gun laws, Hillary Clinti, NRA, on, shootings	Leave a comment
Ever since Hillary broke Bill's taboo on making guns a campaign issue, I began to fantasize about the possibility that, for the first time of all time, guns might become a major issue in a Presidential election. In other words, what might be in the offing for November would be a national plebiscite about guns.
But then a strange thing happened, because all of a sudden Hillary wasn't waiting for the general election to push her gun agenda against red blowhards like Cruz or Trump; in fact, she was using the gun issue to shore up her path to the Democratic nomination itself. And the reason she was doing this was that every time there was a mass shooting, she could remind Democratic voters that her opponent from Vermont voted for the 2005 law that gave gun makers immunity from wrongful-death suits. In fairness to Bernie, it should be pointed out that he also voted against the invasion of Iraq whereas Hillary followed the herd and voted the other way. Okay, so even if maybe she tried to steal the White House silverware, she's not exactly Caesar's wife.
Today there is a great article in The Trace that examines in detail how the Clinton campaign is using the gun issue to round up more delegate votes. Turns out that she's hired a consulting firm that specializes in identifying different demographic groups that might respond to a particular campaign message crafted either from the Left or the Right. And it further turns out that, based on their model of where gun owners tend to live, that Hillary's strong gun-control stance will apparently resonate in areas of upcoming primary states which will deliver a majority of the delegates that she needs in order to wrap things up before the big deal in Philadelphia on July 25th.
Of course, as Dan Friedman points out, the same Hillary Clinton who is taking such a courageous stance on gun control in 2016 was the self-same Hillary Clinton who exhibited a much more compassionate and reassuring stance towards gun owners after the Bomber uttered his infamous 'clinging' comment about guns and religion back in 2008. To counteract Barack's strength among urban voters leading up to the Pennsylvania primary, Hillary tried to shore up the rural vote by backing off a previous stand that favored a national handgun registry; she also helped push the 'more human' Hillary image with stories about hunting with Dad.
If Hillary's campaign managers had wanted to save themselves lots of money this time around, they didn't have to hire a fancy-schmancy consulting firm to tell them where Democratic voters live who would be receptive to her new-found concern about guns. All they needed to do was look at a map that broke down the 2012 election returns on a county-by-county basis and the counties that are colored the darkest blue are where most of the gun-control populations tend to live.
And where are these counties located? In the larger, urban areas with large minority communities where Hillary tends to do well. And since urban counties usually have much larger populations than the less-populated rural areas where support for Hillary often fades, a strong message about gun violence could net her more delegates than Bernie even if the popular vote remains fairly split. New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, New Jersey – five states with large, urban populations coming up. These states alone award over 1,200 delegates and if Clinton can grab the bulk of the highly-populated county delegates by pushing a gun-control agenda, who would argue with that?
But the real issue is looking past July to see whether the gun issue can be sustained in a general election against one of the hare-brained red jerks. Because when it comes to guns, Hillary might have the cities, but gun control certainly isn't a winner in rural areas and may not be an advantage in the suburbs. And guess what? A majority of Americans live in the burbs.
Do More Guns Being Sold Mean That More People Own Guns? Don't You Believe It.
mikethegunguy	Blogs	AR, Barack Obama, gun sales, Gun violence, Hillary Clinton, millennials, NRA, NSSF	Leave a comment
It's another year until we elect the next occupant of the White House, but the gun industry is in full swing reminding gun owners that a Democratic win will result in yet another attempt to confiscate everyone's guns. And the Democrats, much to the joy of the NRA, are making it clear that gun control will be an issue in the upcoming election, particularly if the ticket is headed by a lady raised in a suburb of Chicago who would love to spend the next four years back in Washington, D.C.
The dirty little secret about the gun business is that gun sales spike upward when gun owners believe they won't be able to buy any more guns. You can get a pretty good idea of this situation from the ATF's annual report on gun manufacturing, which shows that 40 million guns were manufactured and imported between 2009 and 2012, an increase from 24 million manufactured and imported the previous four years. That's a rise of 66% from the last four years of George Wubbleyou through the first four years of You Know Who, and the numbers during the second term of what Rush calls 'the regime' have stayed just as strong.
Even Apple doesn't have sales increases compared to what's happened with guns. If you purchased Smith & Wesson stock for what was about three bucks a share in 2008, you could sell it today for $18. Ruger's stock was around eight bucks when Barack took the Oath in 2008, now it's sitting above $52 a share. Google has gone from $200 to $700 over the same period. Guess what? The crummy, old gun business has outperformed hi-tech.
In addition to an unprecedented sales increase, the attitudes of Americans have clearly softened when it comes to attitudes about guns. The polls say that a majority of Americans believe a household with a gun is safer than a household unarmed. Americans also believe that we need more 2nd-Amendment rights and less laws regulating small arms. So under Obama the industry has achieved both remarkable sales and acceptance of a laissez-faire attitude regarding additional laws. Is it any wonder the gun industry doesn't let a day pass without trumpeting 'gun-grabbing' charges against Hillary and the rest of the 'Democrat' gang?
There's only one little problem. Underneath this blanket of good news, the gun industry is facing a problem that won't be overcome no matter how loud they talk about America's love of guns. And the problem has to do with the fact that every year the number of Americans who legally own guns keeps going down. It used to be that the decline in the percentage of households with guns was slightly less than the increase in the overall population; hence, the raw number of families with guns continued to go up. But this is no longer the case, with recent surveys showing that the drop in percentages of homes with guns has been greater than the increase in the population as a whole.
Another, even more disquieting trend facing the gun industry is that the demographic groups whose growth increasingly spurs population as a whole – women, new immigrants, minorities, millennials – are not particularly pro-gun. Dana Loesch can yap all she wants about the 'millions' of American mothers who protect their families by being armed and Colion whatever-his-name can prance around with an AR telling inner-city residents that a gun will make them 'free,' but both of those canned and stupid scripts are falling on deaf ears.
I would love to see just one survey which after finding that a majority of Americans believe that a gun will protect them from crime, then ask the same population whether they have actually gone out and bought a gun. It hasn't happened, it's not going to happen, and the gun industry knows full well that for a majority of Americans, there's no love lost with guns.
Want To Get A New Assault Rifle For $5 Bucks? Join The NRA.
mikethegunguy	Blogs	assault rifles, Barack Obama, Boone & Crockett Club, ducks unlimited, Gun violence, Michael Bloomberg, NRA, Wayne LaPierre	Leave a comment
If any of you think that anyone in the gun industry might want to reconsider their commitment to assault rifles in the wake of 'black' guns being tossed out of Walmart, think again. I just received my 3rd or 4th or maybe 10th email from Wayne-o reminding me to pony up five bucks for the 3rd Annual NRA Gun Raffle, and choose any one of 12 guns or, if I like, all 12 twelve guns which "any American gun enthusiast would like to own." And in case there was any doubt in my mind about why I should enter with a chance to win, Wayne-o's email goes on to remind me that I don't want to "miss this opportunity to enter to WIN the guns that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Michael Bloomberg want to BAN, along with many other great firearms!"
I know something about gun raffles because my gun shop used to be the site for an annual raffle to benefit the state Ducks Unlimited chapter which, in case you don't know them, is a conservation and hunting organization founded in 1927 as an offshoot of the original hunting-conservationist effort, Boone & Crockett Club, that was started by Teddy Roosevelt and some friends in 1887 before TR went scampering up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War. Hunters and conservationists were one and the same back in those days, because hunters understood the necessity to preserve and extend natural areas for the survival and protection of game. The Ducks Unlimited raffle that I supported raised money for wildlife programs and preservation of wetlands in and around my state; you didn't have to even own a gun to feel this was something worthy of your support.
If memory serves me correctly, the Ducks Unlimited raffle gave away five or six guns, all of them rifles and shotguns used for sport or the hunt. There was always a beautiful Beretta over-and-under, usually with a Ducks Unlimited logo engraved on the case and the gun; a Marlin 39A 22-caliber lever-action carbine with the gold-inlaid stock; a magnum-caliber Weatherby for elk and a Marlin 336 for white-tail deer. One year the guy who won the Weatherby told me he really didn't want the gun so I bought it from him and it's still sitting around somewhere in the basement or out in the garage.
Want to know what are the guns you can win from the NRA? The raffle's main prize is a Ruger SR-762, which has nothing to do with the Ruger 77 bolt-action rifles that the old man designed and made Bill Ruger's name famous both here and abroad. The SR-762 is a 30-caliber assault rifle which retails for more than $2,500 and shoots a 30-caliber round through a piston-type of operating system that promises to deliver "superior operating endurance" for every tactical need.
You can choose a Ruger for your raffle ticket but you can also select five other assault-style guns, including the Larue Tactical PredetAR rifle, the M4 V1 carbine from Daniel Defense, the KRISS Vector CRB Carbine and theTavor-IDF IDF 16 rifle with a Mepro 21 sight. The last-named gun comes out of Israel and is made by the same company which many years ago gave us the lovely little machine pistol known as the Uzi which, if you recall, was considered by the Bush Administration too dangerous to be imported after 1989. I love it when Wayne-o tries to make believe that only Democrats, Liberals and native-born Kenyans want to ban guns.
Fully half of the twelve guns in this year's NRA raffle are assault rifles, and don't give me any crap about they're not assault rifles, they're really some figment of the NSSF fantasy-world called 'modern, sporting' guns. Make no mistake, they are designed to kill human beings and they have nothing to do with hunting or sport. That's the way the gun industry has changed, and that's the reason the industry needs to be kicked in the ass until it returns to honesty and common sense.
Even When The NRA Fudges The Facts, It Doesn't Really Matter At All.
mikethegunguy	Blogs	Barack Obama, Chris Cox, Gun control, Gun violence, H.R. 1217, NRA, NRA-ILA, Peter King	Leave a comment
I just received my weekly email call to arms from Chris Cox, who runs the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action. It's not really a call to arms, it's a call to my wallet so that the NRA can continue to protect my 2nd-Amendment rights. And this week's appeal has a cute twist to it because it solicits me to take a poll called the 2015 Gun Rights Action Survey. So in the interests (to quote don Corleone) in keeping my friends close but my enemies closer, I opened up the poll and I want to share the questions with you.
Basically the poll asks me whether I support or oppose laws that have been introduced at the federal level and in various states. The answers will go a long way, according to Cox, to refute the lies told by Obama, Hilary, Mike and the rest of the gun-grabbing gang which, if left unchallenged, would surely result in my guns being taken away.
Chris Cox, NRA-ILA
Here's a question which illustrates the kind of 'lie' the gun grabbers want me to accept: "Do you support or oppose H.R. 1217 – a new proposal in Congress that would implement Barack Obama's national gun registration scheme?" Of course I oppose it. What freedom-loving American wouldn't oppose it? How dare Obama try to set up a national registration that will then lead to confiscation, right?
Duhhh . . . wrong. Because if you take the trouble to actually read the text of H.R. 1217, you'll discover that the bill does nothing of the kind. In fact, what it does is provide money to help states update the mental health records that they are supposed to send to NICS, a policy that the NRA has been supporting for years. Remember Wayne-o's demand after Sandy Hook that we need to "fix" the mental health system at the same time we put an armed guard in every school? I got news for you – that's exactly what this bill does.
H.R. 1217 was introduced by Peter King (R-NY), who got a 'D' rating from the NRA because he voted for a bill that would have provided some scant, and I mean scant regulation over gun show operators. He also voted for several bills that would have made gun dealers liable for the "criminal misuse" of any gun they sold, and he also voted 'yes' to require NICS background checks to be completed within 24 hours if the gun was purchased at a gun show. So King is hardly any kind of rock-ribbed gun grabber, but tell that to the folks who work for the NRA-ILA.
In any case, his H.R. 1217 bill does the following: it gives grants to states "to improve the automation and transmittal of mental health records and criminal history dispositions." There's some other boilerplate language but that's what the bill does. Period. Want to know what it doesn't do? It doesn't "allow the establishment, directly or indirectly, of a federal firearms registry." Now I'm not paraphrasing or summarizing the bill – I'm quoting the language directly.
So how does a piece of legislation that specifically prohibits the creation of a 'federal firearms registry' turn into a bill that would "implement Barack Obama's national gun registration scheme?" I'll tell you how. It happens because Chris Cox simply lied. Period. End of story. And want to know why he can lie with such impunity? Because nobody who gets this email is going to read it anyway, nobody other than a few miserable contrarians como yo.
The NRA has done a superb job creating an army of devoted and loud followers who not only believe everything they're told, but want to believe it, no questions asked. And they know they can depend on the NRA to stick up for their gun rights, even if they catch Chris Cox in a little lie. The problem with gun-safety advocates is they believe their concerns about gun violence should align with the facts. It's time to wake up to the fact that the other side doesn't care.
It's Time To Stop Debating About Gun Violence. Period.
mikethegunguy	Blogs	Barack Obama, conservative movement, Gun violence, John Lott, mass shoorings, NRA, Ronald Reagan	Leave a comment
Happens every time. All you need is one good shooting, Barack says a few words about how we need to do something to end gun violence, and we are treated to the nonsense about how there is no gun violence. That they happen to use a gun to kill either themselves or someone else 31,000 times a year, oh well, it's a small price to pay for the fact that all those armed citizens are walking around and protecting us from millions of crimes each year.
And what's the response from people who sincerely want to see gun violence brought under control? Please don't misunderstand us – we're not against the 2nd Amendment, we're just for some sensible gun laws. And I'd be the first one to sit down with the NRA or one of their sycophantic mouthpieces like John Lott to come up with some reasonable solutions to the problem. But the other side isn't interested in reasonable solutions because there's no problem. And if you want proof that gun violence in America isn't a problem, all you have to do is compare our gun violence rate to rates in other countries, particularly gun violence that takes the form of mass shootings, and you'll quickly understand that we are, in fact, a very non-violent country after all.
Best gun salesman ever!
The CDC first listed gun violence as a public health issue in 1981, and it has made the yearly CDC list ever since. Remember who was President in 1981? A guy named Reagan who remains the most iconic figure for the Conservative movement, which also happens to be the pro-gun movement, notwithstanding the fact that Reagan signed a major piece of gun-control legislation while he was Governor of California, and also later came out explicitly against hi-cap magazines in the run-up to the assault rifle ban in 1994. But in those days you could be a Conservative and still be in favor of sensible gun controls. That was then and this is now.
And now means that when the President says something, anything about guns, the media immediately goes out to solicit a response from the other side, meaning the self-appointed guardians of American exceptionalism as exemplified by the 2nd Amendment and the Confederate flag. Not that a single, Republican presidential candidate is willing to say what the residents of South Carolina should do about the stars and bars, but they're sure willing to tell everyone what we should do about guns, which is that we should do nothing at all. So what do we end up with? Not an informed and intelligent debate about gun violence, but a spectacle that is so stupid and senseless that we really shouldn't be having a debate at all.
Here's how dumb it gets. John Lott goes on a conservative radio show and immediately labels Barack's comment about our 'unique' propensity for mass shootings to be "bizarre." And what's his proof that the President got it all wrong? He pulls the 2011 Norway shooting which killed 67 people out of his hat. But there's only one problem which neither he nor his talk-show host bothered to mention, namely, that the attack at a summer camp on Utoya Island was the only mass shooting that occurred in Norway between 2000 and 2014, while over the same period the U.S. experienced at least more than 130 mass shootings that claimed nearly 500 lives.
I think it's time for my friends in the gun-sense movement, or the gun-safety movement, or whatever they are calling themselves these days to declare a moratorium on debates over whether we have a gun violence problem after all. Because as long as we continue to be seduced by the notion that both sides deserve 'equal time,' what we are going to get is not an argument against reasonable gun controls, but an argument against any kind of gun controls. And since that argument has nothing to do with facts, it's an argument that you just can't win.
Let's Hear It For Antonin Scalia: The Best Gun Salesman Of All Time.
mikethegunguy	Blogs	Barack Obama, George Washington, guns, Heller, Hilary Clinton, NRA, Scalia, Thomas Jefferson	Leave a comment
As the wheels start turning towards the 2016 election, I can't figure out why the gun lobby continues to prattle on about the 'threats' posed by liberal candidates like Hilary, when everyone knows that the industry's best friend is that arch-liberal Barack Obama, whose presence in the White House for nearly another two years means that guns will continue to sell like crazy until he departs from the scene. And even though gun sales have slackened off since the halcyon days right after Sandy Hook and ammunition is once again appearing on at least some retail shelves, there's no question that the only thing that really drives the gun business is the fear that gun owners won't be able to buy or own any more guns.
Gun makers have never been able to convince a majority of Americans to go out and buy guns. With all the recent efforts to attract new gun consumers like women, college students and Blacks, the profile of the average gun remains a blue-collar White male with a family and a truck who lives in one of the 13 Confederate states, the 3 border states and the rural parts of 5 Midwestern states. Most gun owners are politically conservative and, generally speaking, vote bright red. Looking for liberal gun owners is like trying to run a fundraiser for a politically conservative candidate in Silicon Valley or the Hollywood Hills. The fact that certain demographics sway one way and others sway in the opposite direction shouldn't come as a big surprise. We are a pretty diverse country, and diversity tends to create different points of view.
Yet despite these differences, the one thing that just about everyone believes is that the Constitution is truly the law of the land. And while Republicans paint Obama as some kind of anti-Constitutional despot, anyone who would take such partisan nonsense seriously well…you can fill in the rest. Which is why I find myself coming back to examine the 2008 Heller decision, because when all is said and done, this decision is more important for the future health and welfare of the gun industry than anything liberal gun-grabbers like Barack or Hilary could say or do.
Not only did the Court decide 5-4 that owning guns was a Constitutional right, the majority justified the decision by claiming that the right of personal gun ownership actually pre-dated the Constitution, the 2nd Amendment simply codifying a long-established practice that existed even before the Framers met in Philadelphia in 1787 or, for that matter, before British troops fired on colonials at Concord Bridge in 1776. It turns out that George Washington owned more than 50 firearms, both long guns and handguns, which qualified him as a true gun nut for his day. Thomas Jefferson, not only was an accomplished gunsmith, but invented some of the assembly-line techniques that later were used in the manufacturing of small arms.
The number one Constitutional gun nut, however, is none other than the author of Heller, Antonin Scalia, whose justification for claiming that we have a Constitutional right to own a gun is based on nothing more than his own needs. Try as he might, Scalia was utterly unable to find any significant legal precedent which justified using a gun for self-defense against personal threats or crime. Aside from a few vague statements from the anti-Federalist side, the overwhelming definition of self-defense in pre-Constitutional jurisprudence and commentaries involved defense against political threats from a national state.
Scalia is considered to be the foremost champion of centralized government authority sitting on the High Court. But I'll bet that when he sat down to write Heller he was thinking first and foremost about how to protect his own guns. The fact that he crafted a decision effectively limiting the authority of the federal government while giving him and the rest of us the right to always own guns makes him a much better salesperson for the gun industry than Barack or Hilary could ever hope to be.
Who Won And Who Lost In The Battle Over The Cop-Killer Ammo? Everyone.
mikethegunguy	Blogs	.223 ammo, ATF, Barack Obama, Gun violence, LEOPA, NRA, Rand Paul	Leave a comment
A week before the ATF was going to stop receiving public comments about its proposal to ban so-called 'armor-piercing' ammo the agency shut down the whole process, announced they were going back to the drawing board and, at some later date not specified, would revisit the whole issue again. The ATF received more than 80,000 emails and if you think some of them came from the International Bible Holiness Movement or another of the frontline anti-gun violence groups, think again.
And if you don't believe the NRA isn't celebrating, you're wrong on that one, too. They immediately posted victory statements from Wayne and Chris, sent news releases out to ever-welcoming Fox which featured their next President, Rand Paul, speaking out against the ATF, and of course went out of their way to label the ATF decision as a "defeat" of their arch-enemy and all-time best gun salesman, a.k.a. Barack.
Any time the gunnies can push back the U.S. Government on a gun issue, they'll celebrate their victory as yet another step towards enshrining the 2nd Amendment as the unquestioned law of the land. By the same token, the gun-sense folks will bemoan yet another defeat at the hands of a seemingly all-powerful NRA and try to figure out how to keep this embarrassing loss from happening again.
I happen to think that both sides are barking up the wrong tree. Whether they know it or not, the ATF's decision to shelve its new armor-piercing guideline is actually a victory for all of us who want laws to be reasonable, responsible and fashioned to reflect both reality plus a dose of good old common sense. The Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act which created the whole issue of armor-piercing ammunition in the first place was a careless and thoughtless example of legislative stupidity that should never have been proposed, never passed and never signed into law. If the ATF's determination to step back from enforcing this statute turns it into a dead letter, nobody who's committed to government as a force to secure the common good should be at all upset.
The bill was originally introduced by Congressmen Jack Brooks of Texas and Mario Biaggi of New York. There were actually two separate pieces of legislation, the Brooks bill being somewhat less restrictive than Biaggi's measure, but they would ultimately be combined into one law that would eventually get through Congress and go to President Bush's desk in 1986. The bill had support from most of the national police associations and while the NRA cautioned against passage, the gun-rights group kept most of its powder dry for another day.
The law was passed by voice vote in both chambers so that none of our elected representatives had to go on record for supporting or opposing the measure, a cute compromise which also made it easy for the NRA to pretend it opposed the law even though some of the organization's most staunch supporters, such as Brooks, could appear to be pro-gun while actually voting for the bill. If you think that a non-recorded vote creates a little stench, you'll really have to hold your nose if you read the testimony about the issue that was given before the House Judiciary Committee in May, 1985.
It turns out that nobody knew how to define 'armor-piercing' ammunition and no serious testing was conducted to determine which types of ammunition should be covered by the law. Unable to define the what, why and how of ammunition that might penetrate a vest, the Committee relied on testimony from ex-cops like Mario Biaggi who wanted to outlaw all kinds of ammunition shot from handguns because people didn't normally use rifles to attack the police.
The serious testing and research that Congress should have demanded was never carried out and now all we have is a law that creates a good stink. The NRA should hardly be claiming a big victory nor should the other side be wallowing in defeat. We all lost on this one back in 1986.
Hey Rand – Time To Stop Scamming Gun Owners
mikethegunguy	Blogs	Barack Obama, Dudley Brown, guns, Michael Rothfield, NAGR, NRA, politics, Rand Paul	Leave a comment
Last week NRA members, myself included, received a letter from Senator Rand Paul, asking us to donate to The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR), an organization which, according to its website, is the fastest-growing gun rights organization in the United States. Senator Paul's letter, which is the second I have received soliciting funds for the lobbying efforts of the NAGR, led off with a quote from President Obama stating that he would use "whatever power this office holds" to ban guns. The fundraising appeal then goes on to list the usual scare-mongering attacks on Biden, Feinstein and the rest of the liberal, anti-gun crowd.
There's only one little problem. The President never said what Rand Paul claims he said. He didn't even come close. What he said, right after Sandy Hook, was that he would use the powers of his office to "engage my fellow citizens in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this." Now don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to paint Barack Obama as a friend of the gun lobby. He's not. But it seems to me that a United States senator, particularly one who is evidently running to succeed Obama in the White House, needs to be a little more careful with the words he uses.
On the other hand, Rand Paul's fundraising appeal struck me as a bit more strange than just the fact that he misquoted the president because the letter had Paul's return address as being in Virginia, and I thought he was from Kentucky. But it turns out that the letter wasn't sent from Paul at all; it was actually produced by a political PR firm called Saber Communications, whose address is the same town in Virginia which is the headquarters of the NAGR.
So here we have a very interesting three-way connection between a putative presidential candidate, a PR firm that does work for the candidate and a so-called advocacy group that claims to represent the interests of gun owners nationwide. What exactly is this advocacy group known as NAGR? Turns out it was founded in 2001 by a conservative political operative in Colorado named Dudley Brown, who used to claim that he graduated from Colorado State University when, in fact, henever graduated from Colorado State or anywhere else. Brown operated primarily at the state level until he was able to piggy-back onto Glenn Beck, the Tea Party and any other right-wing group to which he could attach his organization's name.
In addition to tirelessly sending out fundraising appeals, the NAGR also has an affiliated PAC which ostensibly lobbies in Washington on issues involving gun rights. In a press release of October, 2013, Brown claimed that his group spent more than $1 million and "led the effort against gun control" on Capitol Hill. But I'm not sure if the money spent by NAGR went into political campaigns, or lobbying efforts, or is being spent primarily on phony and misleading fundraising appeals like the one I recently received. I took a look at NAGR's tax return for 2010, and of the $1.6 million in revenue for that year, direct lobbying was $118,000 but nearly $1 million went for internet marketing and direct mail. And I'll bet that most of that dough was paid to Saber Communications whose owner, Michael Rothfield, sits on the NAGR Board.
The attempt to generate income for a for-profit PR operation by chasing gun owners for donations hasn't escaped the attention of gun folks, many of whom consider NAGR to be nothing more than a fundraising scam. Gun owners tend to be careful with their money, so comments made about NAGR on such gun blogs as AR-15.com,Smith & Wesson Forum and Gun Broker Forum. Com should alert Senator Paul to the fact that a population he considers to be solidly in his corner won't be there much longer if he doesn't polish up his act and stop allowing the NAGR to use his name just to enlarge the revenues of a privately-held PR firm.
Obama's Putting Together an Arsenal Thanks To The TSA
mikethegunguy	Blogs, Crime, Guns	Barack Obama, Cabela, Glenn Beck, Gun, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, United States, White House	1 Comment
There's been a rumor floating around (thank you Glenn Beck) that Obama has been putting together a secret army that will surround the White House and protect him when the real Americans – the 3 percenters and all the other patriots – finally rise up, take our country back and preserve our God-given, constitutional rights. So I'm here to announce that I have found Obama's arsenal, and if you don't believe me, just ask the TSA.
English: A TSA officer screens a piece of luggage. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
You see, the TSA is responsible for security at all the airports, and even though there are warnings and signs all over the place telling passengers to stow their weapons in checked luggage, the folks who screen carry-on bags before passengers go to their gates just keep finding more and more guns. In 2011 the TSA found more than 1,200 guns, in 2012 the number was over 1,500. If the 2013 rate continues, by the end of the year the number will exceed 2,000. That's nearly 4,000 guns in three years. Not a bad haul.
Of course some of the guns don't look like they would be carried by any kind of army, unless it's an army that has a special need for really small-caliber weapons. In the three weeks from September 27 through October 17, for example, TSA confiscated 99 guns, of which 6 were 22 or 25 caliber, but there were also 27 pistols that were 9mm, 40 or 45-caliber, and that's plenty of firepower for any army, whether in the pay of the President or not. And the good news is that most of the guns were loaded, 84 of the 99 found over those three weeks, which means that the Presidential militia doesn't even need to stop off at Dick's Sporting Goods or Cabela's to get ready to rumble because gun-toting Americans have made sure that the guns they're taking on airplanes are ready to go.
Unfortunately for the President, his arsenal seems to be mainly handguns; after all, it's not all that easy to stash an assault rifle (oops – a modern sporting rifle) into your carry-on before getting on a plane. But Americans have always been an ingenious lot, so while the Presidential militia may be short on long guns, they'll have enough explosives to help them carry the day. In the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport someone walked through the line with a live, 40mm grenade; in Grand Junction there was 6 lbs. of black powder, detonation cords and a timing fuse; and a live blasting cap was found on a passenger in Richmond, Virginia. I know, I know, they all just 'forgot' that they were carrying explosives onto a plane. When was the last time you forgot that you were carrying explosives? When was the last time you carried explosives anywhere?
Getting back to the would-be passengers whose guns were taken away – know what? It was clearly a violation of their 2nd Amendment rights. And worse, they just wanted to bring their Glock into a 'gun-free zone' so that the rest of us would be protected from the nuts who figure they can shoot the place up because nobody's got a gun. In the light of District of Columbia versus Heller we really need to re-think our policy about allowing guns on planes. And Obama needs to stop using the TSA to build his secret weapons cache.
Four thousand guns in three years? By the time Obama leaves office the TSA will probably be sitting on 10,000 guns. Any chance that the TSA will let me buy the whole pile to increase the used gun inventory in my store?
TSA Targets Passengers Through Gun Permit Database (thesleuthjournal.com)
TSA Union Wants Armed Agents To Protect Workforce From Right-Wing Threats (personalliberty.com)


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This project provides a Node.js package for accessing keys, secrets and certificates on Azure Key Vault.

It supports:
- **Node.js version: 6.x.x or higher**
- **Keyvault REST API version: 7.0**

> Note: Only version 2.6.0 of `ms-rest-azure` package can be used to authenticate. Higher versions of this package are not supported.

## Features

- Manage keys: create, import, update, delete, backup, restore, list and get.
- Key operations: sign, verify, encrypt, decrypt, wrap, unwrap.
- Secret operations: set, get, update and list.
- Certificate operations: create, get, update, import, list, and manage contacts and issuers.

## How to Install

```bash
npm install azure-keyvault
```
## Detailed Samples
A sample that can be cloned and run can be found [here](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/key-vault-node-authentication).

Others you might want to take a look at:
[Soft delete, recovery, backup and restore](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/key-vault-node-recovery)
[Managed storage accounts](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/key-vault-node-storage-accounts)
[Deploying certificates to a VM](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/key-vault-node-deploy-certificates-to-vm)
[Fetching keyvault secret from a web-application during runtime with MSI](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/app-service-msi-keyvault-node)

## How to Use

The following are some examples on how to create and consume secrets, certificates and keys.
For a complete sample, please check one of the above links.

### Authentication and Client creation

```javascript
var KeyVault = require('azure-keyvault');
var msRestAzure = require('ms-rest-azure');

async function main(): Promise<void> {
  const credentials = await msRestAzure.interactiveLogin();
  // OR const credentials = await msRestAzure.loginWithServicePrincipalSecret("clientId", "secret", "domain");
  // OR any other login method from msRestAzure.
  const client = new KeyVault.KeyVaultClient(credentials);
}

main();
```

### Create a key and use it

```javascript

client.createKey(vaultUri, 'mykey', 'RSA', options).then( (keyBundle) => {
    // Encrypt some plain text
    return client.encrypt(keyBundle.key.kid, 'RSA-OAEP', "ciphertext");
});
```

### Create a certificate and delete it

```javascript

// Create a certificate
client.createCertificate(vaultUri, 'mycertificate', options).then( (certificateOperation) => {
  console.log(certificateOperation);
  var parsedId = KeyVault.parseCertificateOperationIdentifier(certificateOperation.id);

  // Poll the certificate status until it is created
  var interval = setInterval( () => {
    client.getCertificateOperation(parsedId.vault, parsedId.name).then( (pendingCertificate) => {
      if (pendingCertificate.status.toUpperCase() === 'completed'.toUpperCase()) {
        clearInterval(interval); // clear our polling function
        console.log(pendingCertificate);
        var parsedCertId = KeyVault.parseCertificateIdentifier(pendingCertificate.target);
        client.deleteCertificate(parsedCertId.vault, parsedCertId.name).then( (deleteResponse) => {
          console.log(deleteResponse);
        });
      }
    });

  });
});
```

## Related projects

- [Microsoft Azure SDK for Node.js](https://github.com/azure/azure-sdk-for-node)
- [Microsoft Azure SDK for Node.js - Key Vault Management](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-node/tree/master/lib/services/keyVaultManagement)

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We have not been called to defeat Satan. Jesus already did it. We are called to enforce his defeat. Colossians 2:15 says, "... having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross." It is finished!
Luke 10:19 says, "I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you."
We can be the enforcer of His victory. Usually because of human nature, we try all methods and solutions we can come up with to deal with our problems. We move right into relying on ourselves rather than on God's power. Maybe that method worked at one time. Maybe we've grown in faith since then and God wants us to exercise it.
There are only two times that the Bible mentions that Jesus "marveled." Both of them were because of someone's determined faith. They believed that Jesus could turn life around for them.
Don't let the devil beat you up. Remember God's promises to us. Remember why He sent Jesus and what Jesus accomplished for us on the cross. Let's stir ourselves up in faith and be the enforcer of our destiny, not by human strength and reasoning, but in faith that He has redeemed us and loves us greatly.
Meditate on Isaiah 41:12-13: "Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you."


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Q: How long does CreateThread take to execute? I am reviewing code which creates a lot of threads. CreateThread documentation on Windows says that a all thread creation calls are serialized within a process. To estimate the performance impact of such code, I wonder how long does CreateThread take to run? I understand this depends on the number of DLLs already loaded into the process, but would like to know a ballpark value.
Thanks!

A: Your best bet may be to write a unit test and see how long it takes for your application.
But, if you need a large number of threads, then while your program is starting up, in the initialization, you could spawn a thread that just starts to fill in an array of threads, so you can finish setting up your application and the threads will be ready when they are needed.
If I give numbers from my laptop, it will differ based on OS, processor, ram and perhaps .net version, so the numbers will be very rough at best.

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Wearing a helmet can not only save your head, but it can save your life!
Spring is upon us, which means great cycling weather. We all know that our city has a great trail system, dedicated to getting families out together. We want to remind you of the importance of bicycle safety (as well as motorcycle safety!).
In 2015, 818 cyclists and 4,693 motorcyclists were killed in traffic related accidents. Annually, over 26,000 of bicycle related injuries treated in Emergency Departments to children and adolescents were related to traumatic brain injuries (TBI's). These numbers continue to climb, as more and more people do not practice helmet safety.
Check Your Equipment – check tire inflation, gears, chains etc.
If you have any questions, tips, or just want to chat – reach out! We'll be here!


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'Last updated: January 30, 2019' When you need a fast, local response for Newmarket frozen pipe repair you can depend on our highly trained and experienced local plumbers who are available on-call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred and sixty-five days a year. We arrive at your home or business doorstep completely prepared to get any emergency job done right the first time and for the long-term using an innovative plumbing solution. Our experts have helped many customers locally with Newmarket frozen pipe repair and burst pipe repair over our twenty-five year plus history. Call us and you can be confident we are the best choice for professional workmanship.
Newmarket frozen pipe repair or burst pipe repair are both serious emergencies so we don't waste time getting to work. Yet, our prices are affordable and flat-rate so you will know the price before we get started. Our pricing is determined by a guidebook so it is consistent and the same regardless of if you need us on a regular business day, on a weekend night, or even during a major holiday. Our plumbers are courteous and friendly and you will receive a full explanation of the services required.
It only takes a very small drop of water trying to move through a frozen solid pipe for it to burst and cause major water damage and flooding to your home or business. This is catastrophic damage that is costly and difficult to recover from not only financially but emotionally as well. And the best thing to do in an emergency plumbing scenario is to turn off the water to your main supply line. This will help neutralize the problem and prevent it from becoming worse. For Newmarket frozen pipe repair or burst pipe repair please call (905) 868-5000.
Prevention is the key to avoiding emergency Newmarket frozen pipe repair or burst pipe repair. Our local plumbers have professional pipe thawers which can unfreeze pipes quickly and safely. In a pinch, you can use a non-flammable heat source such as a heat lamp or blow dryer to begin the process. Just be sure to use a non-flammable heat source at all times. It is recommended having our local plumber provide professional insulation so you can have peace of mind knowing that Newmarket frozen pipe repair is not a service you will require though you can be confident in us when you do.
Be careful to take precautions when going on vacation as well during colder months such as turning off the main water line. Outdoor plumbing parts will freeze first so drain and disconnect hoses from outdoor faucets once the water is turned off. If you can't turn off the water fully because someone is stopping by to water the plants just ensure to turn off all of the house-side water valves that you can including the ice machine, toilets, dishwasher, washing machine, and unused faucets. Do not hesitate to call our professional, local plumber when you need Newmarket frozen pipe repair or help winter-proofing your home. We are available 24/7 all year long and we can also apply weather stripping to doorways, basement openings, and windows, inspect your plumbing system and sump pump.
You're going to want to know that our Newmarket frozen pipe repair plumbing expert can be obtained 24-hours and you can provide you with a flat-rate, one-time fee instead of an hourly fee. There are no hourly prices and no overtime fees to worry about. We are passionate about what we do and do not believe in wasting time getting the work done. Yet, we'll give the whole price of this job before getting started so that you might feel certain about the financial aspect and know that we're only there to complete the work properly the first time rather than to add up hours or overtime. We will clean up the project once we're finished and request your review that upholds our standards of professional grade.
Our management staff is cautious in the hiring of each Newmarket frozen pipe repair plumber we use to make sure not only are people individuals qualified in reference to getting many years of work experience and coaching. But that we guarantee that we're hiring local plumbers committed to our core values that means supplying awesome customer services. Service which you will be inclined to share with your pals and loved ones. So, please you can be certain that you're making the perfect choice by hiring our community plumbing specialists for any plumbing job that you may need for us. We will be pleased to provide you with the highest high-quality workmanship and customer service potential. Please phone us 24-hours!


In Russia, the victims of the tragic plane crash in the Moscow region are remembered.
11 February 2018 of the year in the suburbs crashed passenger airliner An-148owned by the domestic airline "Saratov Airlines". As a result of a plane crash that happened exactly a year ago, all the people aboard were killed - 6 crew members and 65 passengers.
Today it is known that the cause of the crash could have been several factors at once - icing up of sensors and incorrect actions of crew members, and the tragedy was one of the loudest in Russia last year.
The impact of the aircraft on the ground was so powerful that it took about six months to identify all the victims of the tragedy - the funeral of the dead took place only in November last year.
This day in the Moscow region will be held memorable events dedicated to the anniversary of the crash with the participation of An-148, in which will serve a memorial service and hold a rally in memory of the dead.


This summer, the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) SummerDocs Series will be returning for its eighth annual showcase of the best in documentary filmmaking. The screenings will run from Saturday, July 9th to Saturday, August 27th, and will open with a viewing of Author: The JT Leroy Story on July 9th at 7 p.m., followed by Betting on Zero on August 6th at 7:30 p.m.
"Now in its eighth year, the SummerDocs Series has become one of the most anticipated and respected film events in the New York and Hamptons summer calendar," said Hamptons International Film Festival Co-Chairman and SummerDocs series presenter Alec Baldwin. "We are proud to once again screen some of the best in documentary filmmaking to our audiences and provide and insightful look into the process in conversations with leading filmmakers."
Some of the SummerDocs' past selections including, Twenty Feet from Stardom, Last Days of Vietnam, The Cove, Searching for Sugar Man, and How to Survive a Plague, have gone on to receive Academy Award acclaim.
Following the screening of Author: The JT Leroy Story, the film's director, Jeff Feuerzeig, will take part in a conversation led by Alec Baldwin and Hamptons International Film Festival Artistic Director David Nugent. Baldwin will also anchor conversations after the screenings of Betting on Zero with Director Ted Braun, and A Perfect Candidate with Directors R.J. Cutler and David Van Taylor.
"Each year we look to raise the bar and we're excited at the lineup of outstanding documentaries curated for the 2016 SummerDocs series. Each of these films encompass thought-provoking subject matter that will engage and entertain audiences," said Nugent. "For the first time in the series' history we're also including a classic documentary whose political subject matter will allow for a fascinating discussion in this sui generis election year."
"Our mission is to deliver a cohesive film program to our loyal audience throughout the year," added Hamptons International Film Festival Executive Director, Ann Chaisson. "Our popular summer season is integral in obtaining that goal and we are thankful to our partners at Guild Hall and the Southampton Arts Center."
Additionally, the Hamptons International Film Festival will focus on budding filmmakers this summer during its Student Summer Filmmaking Workshops. The program gives students ages 8 to 15 the opportunity to learn about and make their own films, which are then showcased on screen for family and friends at the end of the week. Workshops will be held at Guild Hall on Monday, July 18th through Friday, July 22nd, and at the Southampton Arts Center on Monday, July 25th through Friday, July 29th.
The Southampton Arts Center will also partner with the Hamptons International Film Festival for free screenings of classic movies throughout the summer. The films will be screened on the Center's lawn on Friday's at 8:30 p.m. This year's lineup includes National Lampoon's Vacation on July 15th, Surf's Up on July 22nd, Rocky on July 29th, The Candidate on August 5th, The Shining on August 12th, To Catch a Thief on August 19th, Tootsie on August 26th and Jaws on September 2nd.
Guild Hall is located at 158 Main Street in East Hampton. For tickets or more information, visit www.guildhall.org.


Still rocking "The Rachel" it seems... Lol.
I keep laughing at uncle sam. I know that is not a ref to anything but I feel like it!
Also I love me some redheads!
I really like that green shirt of hers!
Dang. That red hair/green eyes gene is strong in the bloodline.
LOVE the rushed summary of events! And more Ramos family!!!!! Yes!
It's totally unfair for one family to bogart all the good genes. The government needs to step in and break up this monopoly. Introduce some ugly to their family tree, help even out the playing field.
An army of redheads lol.
The family resemblance is SOOOO strong!
No way any one of them could deny the other!


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Residents get to see plans for new school and sixth form in Kenilworth
Residents had the opportunity to view proposals for the new Kenilworth School and Sixth Form. Photo supplied.
Kirstie Smith
Published: 09:40 Thursday 07 March 2019
Plans for a new school and sixth form in Kenilworth went on display to hundreds of residents at the weekend.
Kenilworth School hosted a drop-in public consultation last Saturday and welcomed an audience of more than 360 people.
The plans for the new school and sixth form in Kenilworth. Image supplied.
Parents, students and members of the local community were invited to view and comment on proposals for the new, purpose-built secondary school and sixth form offering improved teaching, learning and sports facilities at Southcrest Farm in Glasshouse Lane.
The site was allocated for educational use in the Warwick District Council Local Plan, which was adopted in 2017.
More than 1,000 students and members of staff also had the chance to preview the plans on Friday March 1 and give their feedback to the project team.
Hayden Abbott, head teacher, said: "It was great to see our students excited by the proposals and we are delighted that so many people from the local community came to the school to view the plans and share their feedback.
Deputy head Paul Hoverd and head teacher Hayden Abbott discussed the proposal with residents, students and parents.
"It was a pleasure to speak with parents and meet prospective parents who were excited to see how their children will benefit from a new combined school and sixth form in the heart of the community.
"All feedback will be reviewed by the project team and where possible and appropriate, consideration will be given to how feedback can be incorporated into the proposals, before a planning application is submitted."
Kenilworth Multi-Academy Trust intends to submit a full planning application to Warwick District Council in early April.
Subject to gaining planning permission, the new school should open in September 2021.
Kenilworth Mayor Mike Hitchins, Deputy Mayor Pat Cain and Cllr Gordon Cain were among those visiting the open events.
All information on the proposals can be found online by clicking here
Anyone wishing to submit feedback on the plans should do so by Friday March 22.
Teachers across Warwickshire in danger of being physically harmed, councillor says
Warwick nursery gets 'outstanding' Ofsted rating


SetiaWalk, a place in Puchong which is now mushrooming with bars and restaurants, has quietly raised a potential cafe- The Journey. Located at the other end with less foot traffic, the cafe is slightly lose for its less dominant location, but the ambience, service, and food will surely put their business at brisk in near future.
Opened in June 2013, this cafe is run by Kevin Tan, an engineering background young man who had travelled to various countries in Europe. All the places he had walked through brought him lots of memories, and he decided to bring back all he had seen, done, eaten by setting up a cafe, hence the name- The Journey. The whole cafe is based on the concept of European restaurants, from the decorations, music to food.
We made a visit there last Saturday. Stepping into the cafe, what we made us first fell in love was the tranquility, very relaxing. The entire cafe was cozy, homey with wooden furnitures and soft coloured decorations as main theme.
Came in bright orange colour, the minestrone soup was medium thick with a right balance of sourness. Loaded with cubed vegetables for extra bites. Served along with garlic bread.
Made with fresh mushroom and cream, mushroom soup in The Journey Cafe was definitely worth recommended. Packed with bites of mushroom, the soup was creamy, yet tummy warming. The plus point: the chef cooked the soup bowl by bowl, and not scooping them from pre-ready pot as most restaurants. So it was worth taking a longer waiting time for a bowl of fresh, pipping hot soup!
While original nachos might be too plain to be munched alone, the chef planned top them over with Mozarella cheese, and oven baked to get a cheezy, creamy topping that pairs heavenly with the nachos. Sided with homemade salsa sauce and cream which had a combination of sour cream and yougurt. Addictive to be eaten without dipping, but pairing with sauces add extra tangy sensation to the overall flavour.
Moving on to salad, we first had the grilled chicken salad, where huge slab of grilled chicken sat on a bed of fresh lettuce, cubed tomato, cucumber lightly tossed with Thousand Island dressing.
Greek salad was vegetarian friendly, with fresh lettuce, tomato, olive and cucumber mixed with honey mustard dressing. Great for a light meal.
Our visit to The Journey was after lunch, and we were glad to find out that the restaurant served all day breakfast, and choices were extensive. This had made big breakfast lovers like us jump with joy.
Scandivanian's delight caught our attention with the vibrant coloured smoked salmon with Egg Benedict sitting on it. Gave a light poke to the egg, we had the yellowish, creamy, runny egg yolk oozing out– too tempting to resist.
European Continental' was served in hearty portion- Laugenbroetchen roll, two-eggs-your-ways, beef bacons, chicken sausages, baked beans and sauteed mushrooms. Choose how you want your egg to be prepared- sunny side up, omelette, scrambled, etc.
Another choice from All Day Breakfast Menu that is worth highlighted. The salmon omelette smelt so nice, and tasted good too- fluffy, soft, lightly added with savouriness from chopped smoked salmon. Together with the plate of breakfast there was toasted baguette, chicken sausages, grilled tomatoes and sauteed mushroom.
We were actually quite surprise to find such an extensive menu in this small little cafe. Flipping through the menu we realized that there was more than 10 types of pasta to choose from, and we got ourselves three to try out.
The deep fried softshell crab was not doubt crispy and flavourful, but was rather firm in texture to us. Pasta was al-dente, with slight spiciness of chilli butter sauce infused within.
We did like the salmon spaghetti which had a white cream base. Every strand of the spaghetti was nicely coated with the home made lemony cream sauce, just the right creaminess that didn't make us feel cloying after finishing the whole portion.
Perfectly grilled, the Aussie beef tenderloin which was done medium rare was very tender, smothered with garlic sauce for better flavours. Other than garlic, diners can also opt for mushroom, BBQ and black pepper sauce. Served over with mashed potato and vegetables. Recommended.
This dish seemed to be the most ordinary mains on the table that afternoon. Marinated with Teriyaki sauce and grilled, the chicken looked ordinary, taste tender in texture as usual. But what made it different and special was the sauce- it wasn't the ordinary Teriyaki sauce. It was thick, creamy – very Chinese way of cooking gravy which we believe having soy sauce and fermented beancurd mingled in. A secret recipe of the chef which was not too convenient to reveal, but tasted pretty good.
We were so stuffed by the time for dessert, but no regret trying out their dessert, especially the cheese cake that boosts a good balance of creaminess and richness. Thumbs up and deserved crowning as their best seller.
Dense, chocolaty brownies topped over with vanilla gelato, drizzled with chocalate sauce and laced with cream. Sinfully delicious.
One of the latest drink on menu. Served in tall glass, the mango and passionfruit smoothies gave a chilling, refreshing flavours. Premium mango ice cream from Gelatomio earned the drink extra marks.
Priced at RM7.50, this iced chocolate was worthed every penny you pay. Very thick and chocolaty.# sipped satisfyingly. According to the owner, the chocolate drink's base was a mix of chocolate sauce and chocolate powder, carefully mixed to get the perfect composition and taste.
Not to forget, The Journey also served coffee from Five Senses Australia.Other than that, there were also burgers, sandwiches available, which we didn't try out. Definitely a good place to hang out with friends, thanks to the cozy ambience and reasonably priced food.
yes, indeed because of we being in a quiet corner of setiawalk, we are trying to build a base of customers. We have good number of regular customers because of our ambience and good food, still not enough to generate a good crowd because there are basically less than 10% passersby that comes through. Do come by and try, i assure u its not just another eatery.


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Q: Using strtok to replace parts of a string from input file C So I have a file that is simply "cat dog chicken rat". I'm trying to load it into a string and change one of the words. I have
int main(){

    FILE *ifp;
    char *entry;
    char *string;
    char *token;

    ifp=fopen("/home/names.txt", "r");

    entry=malloc(200*sizeof(char));
    while(fgets(entry,75,ifp)){
    }

    printf("%s\n",entry);
    token=strtok(entry," ");

    while(token!=NULL){

        if(token=="dog")
            string="bird";

        string=token;
        printf("%s ",string);
        token=strtok(NULL," ");
    }
}

However when I try this, it does not replace the word "dog" with "bird". What am I doing wrong?

A: This will now modify original string and store it in a different char array -
char string[100];                // in your original code allocate memory to pointer string
token=strtok(entry," ");
size_t n;
while(token!=NULL){
  n=strlen(string);                      // calculate string length
  if(strcmp(token,"dog")==0)             // if "dog" found
     sprintf(&string[n],"bird ");        // add "bird " at that position
  else
     sprintf(&string[n],"%s ",token);    //if doesn't add token
  token=strtok(NULL," ");
}

note - Don't compare strings like this -
    if(token=="dog")

Use function strcmp from <string.h>.


South Loop business leaders are coming together to form a chamber of commerce called South Loop Alliance. The Alliance will officially launch on September 24, 2015 at 6pm at 1550 S. State Street. All South Loop business leaders are invited to this FREE event to include networking, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and community building.
The South Loop Alliance's mission is to expand and strengthen a healthy business climate, contributing to a vigorous South Loop community. So far, a small working group of business leaders have formed the bones of the organization.
The Launch Party is an opportunity for all South Loop business leaders to hear more about the Alliance's plans and be invited to become founding members, volunteers, and beneficiaries of the Alliance's work.
More details are available at www.southloopalliance.org. Business leaders are encouraged to RSVP at the website.


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Paradise Seeds did astonish the seed market this year with a release of two classic strains in the form of real IBL (inbreed line) genetics: Original Cheese and Original White Widow. Using them as building blocks for creating new varieties, IBLs are hardly made available by seed breeders to the public, so the release of these two classic IBLs must be considered a real gift from Paradise breeder Luc to all those growers and breeders out there. He felt that time was due in 2012 to open his treasure chamber and share some of his pure-bred genetic gems with the cannabis world, also unleashing the legendary White Widow which, young and pretty as she has ever been, can now celebrate a lot of new wedding feasts again all over the world. And she's a full-blooded lady, indeed, being only available in the form of feminized seeds.
After her market introduction in 1995, White Widow became the undisputed queen of the scene for years, winning countless awards at the High Times Cannabis Cup and Highlife Cup, advancing to one of the most popular strains ever. Famous for its heavily thick and white crystal layers, she's still a standard on almost every Dutch coffeeshop card, a real timeless evergreen that still is a special delight to many growers and smokers worldwide. Luc received both an original White Widow female and male clone from Ingemar, the original WW breeder, back in 1996 and used them as breeding blocks for a couple of Paradise strains, enhancing the quality of the respective outcomes. His Original White Widow (50% indica, 50% sativa) delivers homogeneous plants building big central buds with tons of resin and a very high THC content, her turn is expected to be very strong and long lasting, accompanied by a pleasantly floral and pine flavour. She takes about 60 days of flowering to ripen, yielding up to 500g/m2 under indoor lights and up to 500g per plant under natural light (finishing time early October, can be grown outdoors between 50º n.L. and 50º s.L.).
The Doc was all on edge when he heard that Paradise Seeds had released the Original White Widow IBL and instantly decided to put her to the test in his grow room. Due to space issues, he only germinated three feminized seeds that quickly sprouted between moist kitchen paper sheets, then being planted into into 11 litre pots filled with Plagron Standard Mix soil to which he had previously added 5% expanded clay and horn chippings, and put into a small grow box under two Secret Jardin 150 W high-efficiency CFL lights for nine days. Then the three seedlings were moved into the actual grow room with plenty of HPS light and left there in the vegetative stage for two more weeks. At the age of two weeks, the plants grew very homogeneously, exhibiting heavily indica-dominant stout bushy growth and broad leaves, measuring only about 10 cm in height, with already 5-6 internodes and accordingly much side branch onsets.
Thanks to the very high calyx-to-leaf ratio of the buds, harvest work was quickly done. Considering those fairly low heights of the plants, The Doc was extremely satisfied with their dry bud yields which were 62, 65 and 70 grams of rock-hard crystal white nuggets looking very mouthwatering. He also liked their most delicious odour very much, it was pleasantly sweet and mild, sunny-floral and with a certain pine undertone, indeed. Of course it was with highest expectations when The Doc smoked the first Original White Widow joint, but what he did experience then, astounded even a longtime stoner like him: He was totally slammed by tremendous White Widow indica power in no time, half a joint was enough to throw him deep into his couch, feeling totally steamrolled! Although this strain officially has a sativa content of 50%, that wasn't noticed by the Doc in the high at all - when he had smoked the second half of the joint, he felt, positively, devastated to the bone and that mighty indica bang in his mind and body latest on four almost two hours.
Three feminized OG White Widow seeds are available for 32€, five for 50€ and ten for 90€.


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Fyrhornsantilopen (Tetracerus quadricornis) är en antilopart som man finner i skogarna i södra Asien. De håller främst till i Indien. Arten når fram till södra Nepal.

Den kan ha en mankhöjd på ungefär en halv meter och väga runt 20 kilo. Kroppslängden (huvud och bål) är ungefär 100 cm och därtill kommer en cirka 13 cm lång svans. Dess päls är gulbrun, magen och benens insidor är vita, den har en svart linje som går ner på benen och den har en krum rygg. Dessutom är öronens utsidor och regionen till munnen svartbruna.

Fyrhornsantilopen har, som namnet antyder, fyra horn, men det är bara hanar som har horn. Hanarna får de första två hornen vid några månaders ålder. De sitter mellan djurets öron och kan bli lika långa som öronen. De andra två får hanen vid ungefär 15 månaders ålder. De sitter mitt på pannan och kan ha en längd på ungefär 6 centimeter, men är vanligen 2,5 till 4 centimeter långa. Antiloperna tappar inte sina horn men de kan bli skadade under hanarnas strider.

Fyrhornsantilopen håller till i trädbevuxet kuperat land och alltid i närheten av vatten. De lever ensamma eller i par och de håller ett revir som de mer eller mindre aggressivt försvarar mot andra hanar, särskilt under parningssäsongen. Honan får nästan alltid två kid och ibland upp till tre ungar.

Hanar och honor parar sig under regnperioden mellan juli och september. Vid födelsen som sker efter 7,5 till 8 månader dräktighet väger ungarna cirka ett kilogram. Exemplar i fångenskap blev nästan 11 år gamla.

Beståndet hotas främst av landskapsförändringar som skogarnas och buskskogarnas omvandling till jordbruksmark. Flera individer jagas för köttets skull. IUCN uppskattar att hela populationen innehåller  till  vuxna exemplar. Arten listas därför som sårbar (VU).

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Central Florida's 2014 Attractions Reach Milestones
Orlando, FL, USA (October 29, 2013) — Over the past month, Central Florida's theme parks have reached major milestones in the construction of their 2014 attractions:
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, New Fantasyland, Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom — September 23 marked the first time a train ran under its own gravity and completed its first drop out of the station. The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, which will debut in 2014, is a family coaster that will take New Fantasyland guests on a journey through the mine where the Seven Dwarfs spend their days digging for gems. The attraction will feature music and characters from the classic Disney film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
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Hogwarts Express, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Orlando Resort — The iconic locomotive and train tender was placed on the tracks between the two theme parks on October 24. Just like in the books and films – guests will be able to board the Hogwarts Express and travel between The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade, which is open at Islands of Adventure, and 'London' when The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley opens at Universal Studios Florida next year.
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Falcon's Fury, Timbuktu, Busch Gardens Tampa — The cylinder sections of the drop tower for Falcon's Fury arrived last week at the Port of Tampa after a month-long voyage from the port of Tarragona, Spain and today were trucked to the park – total weight: 519 tons. Falcon's Fury will stand at 335 feet and take riders soaring 60 mph straight down. Located in the Timbuktu area, Falcon's Fury will be visible from any location in the park and even across the Tampa Bay area. At the ride's highest point Busch Gardens has added an element of surprise. Like its bird of prey namesake, riders will pivot 90 degrees in midair to a face-down dive position. An instant later they'll plunge 60 mph at 3.5 Gs straight down with speed and power like they've likely never experienced before.
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THE family of a man killed in a head-on crash have paid tribute to him. Justin Wand, 47, died after his gold TVR was in collision with a silver Mercedes. The accident took place on the B651, half-a-mile north of the junction with Whitwell High Street, at
THE family of a man killed in a head-on crash have paid tribute to him.
Justin Wand, 47, died after his gold TVR was in collision with a silver Mercedes.
The accident took place on the B651, half-a-mile north of the junction with Whitwell High Street, at about 8.30am on Wednesday.
A tribute released by his family said Mr Wand grew up and lived in Bendish, near Whitwell.
Most recently he had been living in Cambridge, where he was studying.
The statement added it was a tragic loss and Mr Wand would be missed by family and friends.
The driver of the Mercedes, a man in his 60s, was taken to the Lister Hospital for treatment to minor injuries.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident. Call Pc Matt Hollingsworth on 01707 354027.


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Q: Intl.NumberFormat: difference between currency and number Why is the output with Intl.NumberFormat different when using style: 'currency' than when just formatting a regular number?
For some reason when formatting as currency it uses different comma-point seperator rules when using the same locale.

console.log(new Intl.NumberFormat('en-BE').format(2222.22))
// 2.222,22
console.log(new Intl.NumberFormat('en-BE', {
  currency: 'EUR',
  style: 'currency'
}).format(2222.22))
// €2,222.22 -> I expect €2.222,22

A: You would get the same issues with en-DE
If you want European format use valid locales.

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*nl_NL, nl-BE, de-BE (€ 2.222,22)

*fr-BE (2 222,22 €)

console.log(new Intl.NumberFormat('nl-NL').format(2222.22))
// 2.222,22

const opts = {
  currency: 'EUR',
  style: 'currency'
}

console.log(new Intl.NumberFormat('nl-NL', opts).format(2222.22))
// € 2.222,22

console.log(new Intl.NumberFormat('fr-BE', opts).format(2222.22))
// 2 222,22 €


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Q: The medians in a right triangle
$\triangle ABC$ is a right triangle $(\measuredangle ACB=90^\circ)$. The medians are $AA_1=4\sqrt{13}$ and $BB_1=2\sqrt{73}.$ Find the sides of $\triangle ABC$.

By the Pythagorean theorem: $\triangle AA_1C\rightarrow AC^2+CA_1^2=AC^2+(\dfrac12 BC)^2=AA_1^2=16\times 13=208$
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$\triangle BB_1C \rightarrow BC^2+CB_1^2=BC^2+(\dfrac12 AC)^2=BB_1^2=4\times 73=292$.
So $\begin{cases} 4AC^2+BC^2=832 \\ 4BC^2+AC^2=1168 \end{cases} \Leftrightarrow AC=12; BC=16.$ The answer given in my book is $4;6;2\sqrt{13}$. Is there a problem with my solution? Is this the fastest way to find the medians? (we have not studied trigonometry)