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Katy Perry Picks Lakewood High School's Lip-Dub 'Roar' Video as Contest Winner
Perry's special concert will be broadcast live on "GMA" on Oct. 25.
Oct. 18, 2013— -- The Colorado high school, whose spirited lip dub video to Katy Perry's hit "Roar" went viral online, was selected by the pop star as the winner of "'Good Morning America's 'Roar' With Katy Perry Contest," and will get a special concert.
The winning video, which caught Perry's eye right away for its school spirit, included more than 2,000 students and staff at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Colo., from every stripe of high school life, outfitted in orange and black, lip-syncing to Perry's lyrics group by group.
Panning from student athletes to cheerleaders to members of the pep band, drama club and more, the high-energy video culminates in the ultimate pep rally – a sea of students in orange and black roaring on the football field. Click here to watch the full video.
Perry announced the winning school live on "Good Morning America" from London, where she is shooting the music video for her brand new song, "Unconditionally."
"This decision has been one of the hardest decisions that I've ever had to make," she said today on "GMA." "Lakewood really embodied a whole school spirit. ... It was so incredibly crafted …so interesting and well done and organized. It was thousands of kids coming together to 'Roar' and that's what this competition means to me."
Perry's special concert for the school will be broadcast live on "Good Morning America" on Oct. 25, which is also her 29th birthday.
Courtney Coddington, Lakewood High School's student body president who directed and produced the video, was speechless upon hearing her school was chosen.
"It just means so much. I am just so happy," Coddington said.
Perry lauded Coddington for "showing that school spirit still exists."
"[School spirit] hasn't died," the pop star added. "You have made it come alive with a 'Roar.'"
Coddington collaborated with fellow senior Gavin Rudy, an aspiring filmmaker who edited the video, which was shot in a single take. The duo said as soon they heard about the contest, they were eager to show off their school spirit, and the entire student body immediately jumped on board.
In September, when Perry first put out a call for high schools to submit their own rendition of her megahit "Roar," hundreds upon hundreds of high schools roared right back, igniting a viral video frenzy that made local headlines around the country.
Videos poured in from 44 states and each one shared an inspirational and spirited storyline. Perry scoured through submissions and was blown away, calling the creativity and school spirit on display "encouraging and inspiring."
The singer narrowed it down to Lakewood High School and four other finalists: Pickerington High School Central, Cooper High School, Spanish Springs High School and Verrado High School.
Ohio's Pickerington High School Central sought to give young women a sense of power in their video. Students at Cooper High School in Abilene, Texas, held up signs in their "Roar" video that displayed their fears and insecurities to bring a voice to the voiceless. Bullying, cheating and family problems -- topics teenagers face every day in the hallways at Spanish Springs High School -- were the focus of their video.
Verrado High School in Buckeye, Ariz., dedicated its video to the inspiring story of Megan Squire, a 17-year-old student with Down syndrome who fulfilled her dream to become a cheerleader.
Perry was so touched by Squire's story that she has invited the cheerleader to attend one of her upcoming concerts as a special guest.
"I want to bring Megan to a special event this fall with me as my date. … It's going to be very exciting. We are going to get dressed up," Perry said today, addressing the teen. "I just want to celebrate her and hear her roar in person. Megan, thank you so much. I love you. I love your spirit. You have really inspired me."
Each of the five schools named finalists will receive a special plaque from Perry honoring their work and creativity.
"I want to say thank you so much. I had so much fun watching those videos and they mean everything to me," she said.

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Pat Buchanan: American Jews Made "Collective Decision" To Abort Themselves Out Of Existence
Written by Simon Maloy
In his new book, Suicide Of A Superpower, Pat Buchanan takes a look at the Jewish population of the United States and concludes that Americans Jews are disappearing because they decided, as a group, to have lots and lots of abortions.
Israel became home to the largest Jewish population only because the number of American Jews plummeted in the 1990s from 5.5 to 5.2 million. Six percent of the U,S, Jewish population, 300,000 Jews, vanished in a decade. By 2050, the U.S. Jewish population will shrink another 50 percent to 2.5 million. American Jews appear to be an endangered species.
Why is this happening? It is a result of the collective decision of Jews themselves. From Betty Friedan to Gloria Steinem in the 1970s to Ruth Bader Ginsburg today, Jewish women have led the battle for abortion rights. The community followed. A survey in 2000 by the Center for Jewish Community Studies in Baltimore found 88 percent of the Jewish public agreeing that "Abortion should be generally available to those who want it." [Suicide Of A Superpower, page 176]
There are a couple of things to point out here. First and foremost, it's perverse to suggest that strong Jewish support for reproductive rights translates to Jewish women enthusiastically seeking out abortion services. Second, it's not entirely certain that the U.S. Jewish population has even decreased. A 2010 study out of Brandeis University found that from 1990 to 2010, the Jewish population in America increased by 20 percent.
Moreover, if there has been a decline in the Jewish population, surely there are more plausible explanations than a heretofore unremarked gusto among Jewish women for terminating pregnancies at the behest of Justice Ginsburg.
And Buchanan even acknowledges that he doesn't really have any facts -- though he does quote a Philip Roth novel:
As Jews were 2 to 3 percent of the U.S. population from Roe v. Wade to 2010, how many of the fifty million abortions since 1973 were performed on Jewish girls or women? How many Jewish children were never conceived because of birth control?
In Philip Roth's The Counterlife, a militant Israeli character says, "what Hitler couldn't achieve at Auschwitz, American Jews are doing to themselves in the bedroom." [Page 176]
Remember, this is the same Pat Buchanan who opposed Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court out of concern that the high court would have too many Jews in relation to their percentage of the population. So you can see why any decrease in the Jewish population would upset him so.


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What is 9.4 lbs in kg?
How many kilograms in 9.4 pounds?
9.4 pounds equals 4.26 kilograms or 4263.8 grams
Pounds to Kilograms Converter
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Definition of pound
One pound, the international avoirdupois pound, is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.
Definition of kilogram
The kilogram (kg) is the SI unit of mass. It is equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram. This prototype is a platinum-iridium international prototype kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. One kg is approximately equal to 2.20462262184878 pounds.
lbs to kg formula
To calculate a pound value to the corresponding value in kg, just multiply the quantity in pounds by 2.20462262184878 (the conversion factor).
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2017: Must-have laptops for business users
Microsoft Surface Book
Since its arrival, the Microsoft Surface Book has become a firm favorite with business users who require flexibility from their devices. The laptop's screen can be detached, giving users the option to use the Surface Book as a traditional laptop or tablet, and runs on Windows 10 Pro.
The Surface Book sports an Intel Core i5 processor, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM, a 13.5-inch PixelSense touchscreen display and comes with a Surface Pen included.
Price: $1,749+
Via: Microsoft
Dell Latitude 5480
The 14" Dell Latitude 5480 is a reliable, mid-range laptop for business users which keeps security in mind. Able to be purchased with up to a 7th Generation Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD storage and Windows 10 Pro.
To keep your information safe, the laptop also comes with multi-factor authentication hardware such as a touch fingerprint reader, contacted FIPS 201 Smart Card Reader and Contactless Smart Card Reader.
Price: $819+
Via: Dell
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon
At CES 2017, Lenovo debuted the ThinkPad X1 Carbon; a thinner, lighter design of the standard X1 business laptop. Coming in at 2.5 pounds with a battery life of over 15 hours, the laptop is suitable for professionals especially concerned with security thanks to an upgrade which now supports face recognition technologies.
The laptop runs on Windows 10 Pro and comes with up to an Intel Core i7 processor, a 14" Quad-HD display, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD storage.
Price: $1,151
Via: Lenovo
Asus Flip C302
The Asus Flip C302 Chromebook is an option for business users who want a portable, sleek device to tote around. Despite a small form factor, the Chromebook packs a punch with a 360-degree hinged 1,280x800 to 1,920x1,080 HD touchscreen display, an Intel Core M 6Y30 Skylake CPU, up to a Core M 6Y75 processor, up to 8GB RAM and128GB SSD storage.
Price: $499
Via: Asus
Lenovo Thinkpad P50
A large but still portable workstation, the 15.6" Lenovo Thinkpad P50 laptop, is a good option for users who need to run power-heavy applications. This device can be customized with up to an Intel Xeon vPro processor, up to Windows 10 Pro, 16GB memory, and 4GB VRAM, as well as up to 2TB traditional storage or 1TB SSD storage. In addition, the P50 sports a 15.6" FHD 1920x1080 display.
Price: $1,439+
Via: Lenovo
Apple MacBook Pro
Apple's MacBook Pro, a popular device for everyone from business users to students, is a sturdy choice for fans of the company. While the recent keyboard changes have not pleased everyone, the model range remains reliable and the OS has a security advantage over many others.
The latest MacBook Pro comes in either 13" or 15" models, up to 512GB SSD storage, 16GB RAM, and can run for roughly 10 hours on a single charge.
Price: $1499+
Via: Apple
HP Elite x2 1012
The HP Elite x2 1012 is a hybrid 2-in-1 laptop which is another good option for enterprise users. The stylish laptop is equipped with an Intel Core M7 processor, Windows 10 Home 64, 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD storage. The Elite x2's 11.6" 1920x1080 display is cornered in Gorilla Glass to prevent damage and scratches and comes with HP Client Security for creating Trusted Platform Modules and self-encrypting drives.
Price: $899
Via: HP
Toshiba Tecra C40-C1400ED
A budget-friendly option for SMBs is this offering from Toshiba's Tecra range. The 14" laptop sports an Intel Celeron processor, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD storage and runs on Windows 10 Pro, making it more than capable of a variety of business applications and uses.
Price: $399.99
Via: Toshiba
HP Sprout Pro redesigned
The Windows 10 HP Sprout Pro desktop PC, redesigned in time for CES 2017, is an option for professional users who prefer a desk setup. The system now features an Intel Core i7 processor, 1TB storage, up to 16GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics. Software designers and content creators will also appreciate the desktop's HD projector and quick 2D & 3D scanning capabilities.
Price: $2,199+
Via: Microsoft


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Security Bug Lifecycle
The canonical version of this document is now in the Chromium source tree.
The following document describes the process of working from an inbound security bug report to releasing a fix on all affected branches. You can also refer to the Security Cheat Sheets to provide a quick walk through or as a reference to check your progress.
The first step of triage is confirming that a bug does exist and it does represent a vulnerability. Most reporters provide a version in the bug report, but you'll generally need to verify against the current stable, beta, and trunk builds. The Reporting Security Bugs page provides information on what detail is required and how to get it, so you should use that as a guide to fill in anything the report is missing. If you don't have a particular build on hand to perform the analysis against, you can leave a comment in the bug requesting that another team member assist in verifying it. The list of currently open security (modulo Security-Severity-None) bugs can be viewed with this query.
Security Features & Non-Vulnerabilities
There are a number of bugs we want to keep track of for security reasons, but shouldn't track as vulnerabilities. This includes new security features and improvements, or changes that simply have a security impact or warrant a closer inspection from a security perspective. In this case the bug should not be filed as Type-Security. Instead it should be filed as whatever type is relevant (generally Type-Bug) and also have the Feature-Security label set. This ensures the security team will still receive updates, but keeps it out of the list of open vulnerabilities.
Assigning Labels
==First verify the bug, requirements to trigger, and affected platforms==; if you cannot verify the bug directly (e.g. nonavailability of the affected platform) then assign or CC an owner who can. Once you've verified the bug, you need to determine the appropriate labels. You should follow the severity guidelines Severity Guidelines for Security Issues to determine the rating for the Security-Severity-* label. Remember to also consider any mitigating factors that might reduce the severity, such as unusual or excessive interaction, or the feasibility of reliably triggering the condition in the wild (e.g. race conditions are notoriously difficult).
Once you've determined the severity you can assign the milestone and priority according to the following guidelines:
- Security-Severity-Critical
- Pri-0
- Current stable milestone (or earliest milestone impacted)
- Security-Severity-High
- Pri-1
- Current stable milestone (or earliest milestone impacted)
- Security-Severity-Medium
- Pri-2
- Next stable milestone
- Security-Severity-Low
- Pri-3
- Next stable milestone
- Security-Severity-None
- No priority required
- No milestone required
Set the SecImpacts flags to identify the affected branches, so we know what needs to be merged and have historical tracking data:
- SecImpacts-Stable - Affects shipping branch and should be considered for merge.
- SecImpacts-Beta - Affects beta branch and fix and should be considered for merge.
- SecImpacts-None - Doesn't affect a shipping branch (no merge required).
The milestone targets may shift slightly to adjust for a release schedule. For example, when the current stable is at the end of its cycle you will generally bump all open bugs to target the next stable milestone.
Also, it's important to ensure that all security bugs are set to Type-Security and any security bugs with a severity other than Security-Severity-None include the Restrict-View-SecurityTeam flag.
The remaining triage follows the standard guidelines. Key points to remember are the following:
- Update the status to Untriaged, Available, Assigned, or Started (as appropriate).
- Apply the following labels as needed: OS-*, Feature-*, Area-*, Internals-*, Crash.
- Any changes that will be merged to the beta branch must be labeled as ReleaseBlock-Stable.
- Ensure the comment adequately explains any status changes (severity, milestone, and priority assignment generally require explanatory text).
Upstreaming WebKit Bugs
Any WebKit bugs should be upstreamed to bugs.webkit.org immediately after verification, basic analysis to isolate the issue, and reducing any test cases to a manageable size. When upstreaming WebKit security bugs, remember the following points:
- File against the security component
- Include a link back to the Chromium bug in your comment
- Include a credit to the original reporter if appropriate
- CC any Chromium Team members working on the bug downstream
Getting Access to WebKit Security Bugs
Any members of the Chromium Security Team involved in bug triage will need to join the WebKit Security Group. If you're not already on WebKit Security, please ask another Chromium Security Team member to nominate you. After joining you'll need to request security bug access (this can be done by replying to your confirmation email). Once bug access is granted, you'll need to configure your account to get emailed on all inbound security bugs. You do this by adding firstname.lastname@example.com to the User Watching section on the Email Preferences tab on WebKit's bugzilla. (You'll probably want to create a Gmail filter on these messages as well.)
Landing WebKit Patches
To contribute a patch to WebKit you can generally just follow the instructions on webkit.org. However, one additional step must be taken to land patches for security bugs, because the WebKit Commit Bot and the WebKit Review Bot are not included in the WebKit Security Group. This means your patch will not be placed in the commit queue after receiving cq+ unless the bots are explicitly given access to the bug. To do this, add these addresses to the cc: list of the WebKit bug:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- firstname.lastname@example.com
As a rule, you'll want to ensure that the full initial triage is performed and the bug is updated within 48 hours of the initial report. During business hours the basic triage and bug update should occur within four hours at most.
Erroneous Reports
Some reports are obviously not legitimate, or represent behavior that we do not intend to change. In those cases you should mark the bug as WontFix or Invalid (as appropriate) and provide a simple explanation to the reporter. For non-security bugs erroneously reported via the security template, you should remove all security labels, set the "Crash" label if appropriate, add in the appropriate area/feature labels, and set the status to "Untriaged."
The shepherding process starts with finding an owner for a bug. If you have access to security bugs, you can find a list of all open security bugs without an owner here. When analysing a bug for triage you'll often find that you can work out a solution yourself. If that's the case and you have time to develop a patch, then this is usually the most expedient solution to getting a fix out.
For bugs that you can't fix yourself, you'll need to find an owner. If you don't know who to assign a bug to, it's often best to start by asking other members of the security team if they're familiar with the code. Then they can either take the ownership of the bug, or point you to a developer who would make a good owner.
If no one on the security team has a good suggestion, you'll generally have to use svn blame or some other means to track back one of the original developers of the code. If you don't have a checkout handy, you can always use the annotate feature on http://src.chromium.org/.
Following Up
Priorities and schedules vary between developers. So, when you assign a security bug to an owner you should make sure you convey the timeline you're expecting for a fix. If you don't see regular progress in the bug report, you may need to manually follow up with the owner. Oftentimes, the bug just ended up being harder to reproduce or fix than it originally appeared, so it's a good idea to offer help whenever there are unanticipated delays.
Keep in mind that on average we get high severity bugs fixed on the release branch within 30 days of the initial report, and almost always within 60 days at the most. For critical severity bugs we have a hard deadline of 60 days from initial report to a shipping fix.
Handling a Fix
Once a fix is applied to trunk either you or the owner will change the bug status to Merge-Approved and switch the Restrict-View-SecurityTeam label to Restrict-View-SecurityNotify. At that point you'll need to evaluate whether the bug is a good candidate for a merge.
Security fixes often need to be merged to the stable branch (this includes patches to Chrome, WebKit, or other dependencies). Generally this is done by one of the security team members. The first thing you need to do is evaluate whether a fix should be considered for merge. Generally any high or critical severity fixes should be seriously considered for merge. Medium and low-severity fixes can be considered as well if they're particularly worrisome (e.g. bad information leak), have significant non-security impact (e.g. top crasher), or are just very low risk.
One of the key considerations in determining what to merge is assessing the risk of breakage, which the bug's owner should be able to convey. For risky fixes you'll often want to consider bumping it to a later milestone. When you've decided to merge a fix, you should verify with a release manager that the merge window is open for any affected branches. Normally a fix will need to be merged to both the current stable and beta branches.
You should merge fixes via drover, which automates most of the process. If the drover merge does not apply cleanly you may want to reconsider whether the fix will introduce an unacceptable breakage risk. In the event that you can't use drover to merge a fix, you still have the option of manually merging from a branch checkout. In general, most team members should have a checkout for the current stable, beta and trunk branches. So, this can generally just follow the normal patch process, but using a branch repository.
Once the fix is successfully merged you will need to update the the bug with the merge revision numbers, and change the status to FixUnreleased (or to Fixed if the stable branch is not affected) and set the merge status to Merge-Completed (if drover didn't do so). For beta merges, you should also verify that the ReleaseBlock-Stable flag is present.
Updating and Release Notes
After a patch has been landed (and potentially merged) you'll need to update the security release document, which is used for tracking security bugs for release notes.
Vulnerability Rewards Nomination
Generally, once a fix has been applied to trunk we will consider a bug for a vulnerability reward. This will generally be done by the team member shepherding the bug, or the owner if it's a security team member. To remind yourself that you may want to consider a specific bug you can add the reward-topanel label in the tracker.
When nominating a bug for a reward, be sure to consider the overall quality, and any additional value the reporter brought to the process. For reference, the general guidelines are listed on the Vulnerability Rewards Program page.


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Exclusivity in luxury
BMW and Pininfarina are two of the most tradition-swathed names in the motoring world. Each is a byword for cutting-edge technology, style, dynamics and aesthetics. With the BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé, the two time-honoured companies present the outcome of their first collaboration. The BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé is a one-off and represents the exclusive interpretation of a luxurious BMW Coupé as seen through the eyes of Pininfarina. Working in close consultation, the two design teams have created a new automotive persona brimming with character and ready to join the high-end luxury class – typically BMW while sporting the distinctive signature of Pininfarina.
the GOOD DESIGN™ Award 2013
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Film: "David"; Actors: Vikram, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vinay Virmani, Tabu, Lara Dutta, Nasser, Rohini Hattangadi and Monica Dogra; Director: Bejoy Nambiar; Rating: ****1/2
Bejoy Nambiar's second feature film after "Shaitan" interconnects the lives of three characters named David, played with outstanding conviction by actors belonging to three different generations. The three protagonists, who by chance share the same name, didn't have to be linked in the plot at all.
Each David occupies a distinctive emotional spatial and chronological dimension. Each story is told with a muted flourish that eschews the flamboyant edginess of a recent, highly favoured and over-flavoured genre of Hindi cinema… you know the Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bharadwaj genre where the characters are darkly drawn from life's most sombre colours.
Nambiar's universe is populated by victims who refuse to bow down to what we call destiny and what in many circumstances is plain cowardice. In the hard-hitting story about a young rock musician's conflict with religious fundamentalism, Vinay Virmani (a prized find) confronts Hindu radical Rohini Hattangadi in a lift to ask why his Christian father was defaced. That small mobile cubicle becomes the cosmos for a question that swirls and dances around the narrative posing questions that go far beyond the moment.
Nambiar's command over the space that his characters occupy is supreme. Whether it's Vinay Virmani giving guitar lessons to single-mother Lara Dutta on a leafy verandah or southern maverick actor Vikram sozzled in the Goan seascape perched on palm tree making eyes at the mute-and-deaf Isha Sharvani – the characters seem to inhabit places where their mind, heart and body are intrinsically at home.
Then there is Neil Nitin Mukesh, making a glorious impact as a Muslim don's chief lieutenant in the London of the 1970s. Shot in a shimmering brooding bewildering play of light and shadow by cinematographer Sanu Verghese, this episode in Nambiar's trilogy is both a brutal depiction of internecine gang war and an intense love story, a Shakespearean tragedy set in the 1970s and yet conveying contemporariness. All that grips us from the first to the last.
Just how Nambiar manages to bring the stories of an identity-challenged gangster in the 1970s, a fun-going-into-fundamentalism musician in the 1980s and a sozzled moony-eyed fisherman in the 1990s into one line of vision, is a question that only Nambiar and his compelling co-writer Natasha Sahgal can answer.
By the time the three stunning stories converge on March 3, 2012, we are so involved with the three protagonists' moral and political awakening that the lines dividing the different eras simply evaporate, leaving us to look into that chasm in the individual's soul where life's worthiness is weighed against human relationships that may or may not last for as long as the individual desires.
Nambiar's three-tiered screenplay is a marvel of architecture. Some credit for holding up the three storey edifice must go to the technicians. Cinematographers Shanu Verghese, P.S Vinod (who has shot Vinay Virmani's musical odyssey) and R. Rathnavelu(creating a Goan idyll for Vikram's story that goes far beyond touristic titillation) collaborate with the film's editor, the indomitable Sreekar Prasad to bring to bear an infinite lightness of being on the potentially top-heavy plot.
Nambiar's film could easily have collapsed under the weight of its cleverness. Miraculously, the director imparts a ceaseless sense of spontaneity into what appears to be the story of three lives connected only by their first name. Not the most promising of premises to hold up a plot. Yet, "David" is unflinchingly engaging.
Nambiar's command over his characters' destiny is masterly. And there are so many of them! Big or small, the characters leave an enduring mark in the script.
Each of the three actors playing the title role provides an evocative centre to the screenplay. It is hard to choose a favourite since all three actors occupy entirely distinctive spaces. Neil as a gangster whose loyalty is under murderous pressure, works hard to achieve oneness with his character. He looks the part and gives to it a feeling of lived-in familiarity. This is a new beginning for Neil.
Vikram as the fisherman who shares a rather eccentric relationship with his dead dad(Saurabh Shukla), living mother(Rubi Chakravarti) and the neighbourhood massage-parlour owner (Tabu) is in one word, spectacular. His body language and spaced-out expressions of drunkenness and love (sometimes both at the same time) are to die for.
But it is Vinay Virmani as the musician who finds his life changed by politics and religion, who takes us by surprise. A very appealing screen presence and a non-rehearsed charm ensure that Virmani stands tall in the formidable cast.
Tabu and Lara Dutta are effective but underused. On the whole, every actor in the smallest of roles shines in the plot's huge canvas.
"David" is a world shot in a deep-focus darkness lit up at the edges by a sense of joie de vivre that the characters preserve even when their soul is under siege. Nambiar bleeds brilliancy into the film. This is a rugged pulsating parable of passion and redemption shot in three time zones unified by the theme of love's loss and the soul redeemed.
"David" is many things at the same time. Finally though, it is a magnificent morality tale that tells us it is trendy to be bad, but being good is timeless.


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Intro to Handgun, Sept 22nd, 5p-9p
September 22, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$150.00This course is introductory overview for new gun owners or those thinking about buying their first gun. The primary focus of the class is safety, operation and maintenance of a handgun and basic marksmanship
Equipment needed:
Eye and ear protection
We can provide all weapons and equipment (eye and ear protection) for this class.
50-100 rounds (take advantage of our student ammo pricing)
No FOID card required for this class however without one you cannot legally possess firearms or ammunition.