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06-May-2010, 11:37 AM
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Chicago bans guns then watches its helpless citizens on 10,000 cameras
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Submitted by drieck on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 07:00.
* Guns in the News
* Gun Grabbers
by Gerard Valentino
Chicago is known as a world-class city, offering everything from a great nightlife to the arts, ethnic cuisine, championship sports teams, top universities, and excellent public transportation.
But Chicago's real claim to fame is its world-class crime. Year after year, violent thugs slaughter Chicago's citizens, making it one of the most violent places in the United States.
The city's answer to this bloodbath is a system of more than 10,000 cameras to invade its citizens' privacy and watch the effects of its draconian gun laws that render citizens helpless.
Cameras only serve to give citizens a false sense of security because many people assume criminals won't commit crimes while under surveillance. Just watching the local news blows that theory out of the water. Nearly every newscast shows video of the latest crime committed in full view of security cameras.
To be fair, there is some evidence that cameras can sometimes shift crime from one location to another, but there is no evidence that they change behavior or reduce crime overall.
And all the cameras in the world can't overcome Mayor Richard Daley's decision to invoke the failed tactics of gun control. Wherever people are disarmed, criminals can choose their victims at will, cameras or no cameras.
One tool alone shifts the balance of power in a violent encounter from the criminal to the honest citizen � a firearm.
It's bad enough that the State of Illinois doesn't allow legal concealed carry for law abiding citizens, but in Chicago keeping a gun for home defense is also illegal. City residents can only hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in favor of the right to bear arms and overturn the longtime ban on firearms ownership.
For the moment, the first, last, and only line of defense for homeowners is the strength of the locks on their doors and windows. Once a criminal gets into the home, the situation has only one possible outcome as long as homeowners lack the means to fight back.
To think criminals in Chicago don't know they have a free pass when committing crimes within the city limits defies logic. And thinking criminals will obey gun laws borders on insanity.
Still, the biggest tangible issue created by the cameras is that citizens believe a city saturated with electronic surveillance is safer than cities that don't employ the same tactics. That simply isn't true, and the Daley administration's assertion that more cameras equal less crime is irresponsible, given that people might be more willing to take risks in areas under surveillance.
Privacy advocates are quick to point out that widespread use of cameras does irreparable harm to the freedom we enjoy as Americans. Others will argue that it is up to the city inhabitants to decide if they will tolerate the cameras since there is no expectation of privacy while out in public.
Not surprisingly, most pro-gun advocates see the intrusion for what it is: an unacceptable trade that removes privacy and provides little if any security.
For Chicago to trample on its citizens Second Amendment rights and create a citywide victim zone is stupid. To erect cameras that do little but observe the mayhem is just cruel.
Gerard Valentino is a member of the Buckeye Firearms Foundation Board of Directors
06-May-2010, 05:16 PM
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I am still decisively in favor of controlling my own gun - that is, if I owned one or was firing one. I am in favor of it because the Constitution is, and I am thankful to be able to live in a country where I do not need to own a gun - and that most likely because my neighbors do.
06-May-2010, 07:43 PM
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07-May-2010, 07:07 AM
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I have noticed many business owner defended themselves from crime. It doesn't get as much news recognition as crimes or accidents with guns though.
I would like to know everyone's thoughts.
Images: ATM Robbery Turns Into Wild Shootout
Posted: 6:21 am EDT May 7, 2010
Updated: 8:30 am EDT May 7, 2010
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. -- A robbery attempt turned into a shootout that involved a Central Florida corrections officer early Friday morning.
Police are still searching for one of the three men who tried to rob an off-duty corrections officer at an ATM at the Wachovia Bank on Dillard Street in Winter Garden.
Winter Garden police arrested 18-year-old Tommy Ward and 20-year-old Patrick White, but the third suspect remains on the loose.
Winter Garden police continued to process the crime scene well into Friday morning. They were looking for evidence and trying to determine exactly how many shots were fired.
The corrections officer told Eyewitness News reporter Daralene Jones that he pulled up to the walk-up ATM in his white minivan around 3:00am Friday morning.
Just after he inserted his bank card into the machine, he noticed a silver Acura pull up in the middle of Dillard Street, just off West Colonial Drive.
"[It was] just sitting, not moving at all. So I thought, okay, this is kind of suspicious," said the off-duty corrections officer.
The victim agreed to share his story only with Eyewitness News but he requested that we not reveal his identity for safety reasons.
"So, in the process of watching them I'm still waiting on the receipt, which is taking forever to print out, and these guys rolled up on me and told me to give it up," said the victim.
While the victim was waiting for his ATM receipt, he said the Acura sped into the parking lot. That is when one of the suspects jumped out of the back of the car wearing a ski mask and pointed a gun at him.
The victim refused to give the crooks what they wanted, and moments later he says the crook opened fire on him.
That is when the victim sought cover behind his mini-van, pulled out his own gun and returned several shots at the suspects.
"I [retreated] behind my van and they start firing, so I returned fire," said the victim.
Tommy Ward was hit three times, and in his rush to get away from the victim he dropped his gun. That is when he hopped into a getaway vehicle and the three suspects took off. The corrections officer said he had no idea that he hit anyone until a Winter Garden police officer showed him blood on the ground and the gun that was dropped.
Fortunately, a Winter Garden police patrol unit was nearby and heard the gunshots. The patrol unit saw the suspects' car speed away and followed them until the suspects' crashed their car. That is when two of the suspects were arrested.
Ward was transported to a local hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds. Investigators tell WFTV that Ward is not cooperating with police.
The off-duty corrections officer has a concealed weapons permit. Although shaken up a bit, he was not injured.
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Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
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In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."
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07-May-2010, 10:40 AM
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Breaking news on Fox.
Two people have been shot in an Old Navy store (?) in Chicago. Mayor Daley had seen fit to ban guns in that city.
How then could this possibly have happened? Also where was the police protection? Did a camera record the crime? Probably. It certainly did not provide protection for any innocent people who were harmed though.
07-May-2010, 04:58 PM
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I'm glad police aren't badgering the victim (in Flora's article). I believe as long as crminals (who by the way will always find a way to get guns) think they have the luxury of robbing unarmed victims--they will continue to do so. But if enough people start firing back...you can be sure criminals are going to be thinking twice...or die trying.
I would much rather take my chances with having a gun than not having one...The percentages aren't with women who get accosted anyway. At least it gives one a fightin' chance. I think I'm talking myself into a handgun! I've been mulling it over for awhile and after a recent mid-morning home invasion just 3-4 houses down from me...I'm thinking more heavily on gun ownership.
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07-May-2010, 05:24 PM
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I would much rather take my chances with having a gun than not having one...The percentages aren't with women who get accosted anyway. At least it gives one a fightin' chance. I think I'm talking myself into a handgun! I've been mulling it over for awhile and after a recent mid-morning home invasion just 3-4 houses down from me...I'm thinking more heavily on gun ownership.
Go for it Darlin'! A 9MM is easy to handle on your end, and devastating on the receiving end. You may never need it, but it will be there when you need it. AND, if you didn't grow up in a gun owning home, by all means get some training! I wouldn't turn a homeowner loose with a hammer, I'm not proposing you take up arms without the knowledge to use it either.
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08-May-2010, 12:55 AM
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While I have no objection to folks owning handguns if they choose, I do object to reinforcing the notion that they will be safer from harm if they own one. There have been several studies on this by scientists, such as this one, who are interested in health and injuries, not about owning guns or not owning guns, that show you are not safer.
Investigating the Link Between Gun Possession and Gun Assault
Charles C. Branas, PhD, Therese S. Richmond, PhD, CRNP, Dennis P. Culhane, PhD, Thomas R. Ten Have, PhD, MPH and Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD
Charles C. Branas and Douglas J. Wiebe are with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Firearm and Injury Center at Penn, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia. Therese S. Richmond is with the Division of Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, Firearm and Injury Center at Penn, and University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia. Dennis P. Culhane is with the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia. Thomas R. Ten Have is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Objectives. We investigated the possible relationship between being shot in an assault and possession of a gun at the time.
Methods. We enrolled 677 case participants that had been shot in an assault and 684 population-based control participants within Philadelphia, PA, from 2003 to 2006. We adjusted odds ratios for confounding variables.
Results. After adjustment, individuals in possession of a gun were 4.46 (P < .05) times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not in possession. Among gun assaults where the victim had at least some chance to resist, this adjusted odds ratio increased to 5.45 (P < .05).
Conclusions. On average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. Although successful defensive gun uses occur each year, the probability of success may be low for civilian gun users in urban areas. Such users should reconsider their possession of guns or, at least, understand that regular possession necessitates careful safety countermeasures.
Please heed Dogshirt's excellent advice should you chose to purchase a handgun! You have to work at being safe, you can't buy it!
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08-May-2010, 03:02 AM
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The study is worthless if they do not differentiate between legal and illegal use of firearms. If a criminal is shot in the commission of a violent crime, they do not count as that is why honest people buy "protection firearms." Also, we have a local medical specialist here who was totally opposed to firearm ownership because of the carnage it caused. He did admit it was in the criminal segment of the population though. One evening after dining with his wife he became the victim of a violent crime which nearly ended his career. He is now legally licensed to carry a firearm and does so.
There are two states that have unrestricted second amendment rights, IE: no licensing period. Also no training. If you can legally buy a firearm you can carry it in any manner you wish. Those states are Alaska and New Hampshire. They have the lowest crime rates, both violent and non violent, in the nation according to FBI crime statistics. Other states have requirements that are but a bit more restrictive.
In my second amendment efforts, the group I work with has noted the FBI statistics and they prove conclusively that as a state eases personal firearms restrictions, crime moves to areas where private firearm ownership is legally restrained. In working for second amendment rights I may have helped raise the violent crime rate in your state. It was not our intent but should you wish to gain more permissive firearms laws, we will work to help you gain them after the November elections. Once a bill is placed in the legislative hopper, the sponsors are contacted by several groups including ours with offers of help in obtaining the bill's passage.
I doubt you have to tell anyone obtaining a fire arm for protection of the responsibility involved. Of course a criminal who obtains a firearm will not hold that same level of responsibility. The honest citizen has considered that before deciding to make the purchase. They have arrived at the point where they believe they have more right to life than a violent criminal intent on harming or killing. Some arrived at that decision because of a violent incident which they survived, some as they come to realize that they can no longer provide for their safety without a weapon, due to age, limited physical abilities or other infirmity.
If you have the good fortune to live in an area with NO crime, stay there! Do not travel!
It has been said that "a woman who supports gun control can be compared to a chicken that supports Col. Sanders." I would go so far as to include "anyone" who supports gun control.
I expect that as times get worse, and they will, the last states opposing less restrictive second amendment laws will be forced to change their views on the matter.
08-May-2010, 07:12 AM
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Gun control laws fail to keep Time Square terror-bomber from purchasing a gun, yet oblivious Bloomberg demands more
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Submitted by cbaus on Fri, 05/07/2010 - 07:00.
* National Politics
* Guns in the News
* Gun Grabbers
By Chad D. Baus
Judging by the events of the past week, it's a good thing for billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that he uses tax payer funds to pay others to carry guns for his protection. If he carried a gun himself, he'd constantly be shooting himself in the foot.
Take for example Bloomberg's reaction when news that a car bomb had been activated, but failed to detonate in the middle of Times Square. The part-time Republican, who heads the gun control front group run Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), quickly ran to the CBS Evening News and speculated before a national audience that the bomb could have been placed by "somebody with a political agenda who doesn't like the health care bill or something."
The following day, the world learned that the terror-bomb suspect was a Pakistani-born naturalized American named Faisal Shahzad. (That sound you just heard was Bloomberg firing a round into his own foot.)
Rather than apologize for having profiled a whole group of patriotic Americans, Bloomberg instead quickly announced that he "will not tolerate any bias" or backlash against Muslim Americans following the attempted attack, noting that "a few bad apples" exist among all cultural ethnicities. (That sound you just heard was Bloomberg firing a second round into his own foot.) I guarantee he'd never have uttered that "few bad apples" line had the suspect turned out to be a 40 year-old white TEA party member from Topeka.
The third self-inflicted wound came after authorities disclosed that a firearm was recovered from Shahzad's car � left parked at Kennedy International Airport when he was apprehended trying to flee the country.
Less than 24 hours later, Bloomberg testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, urging them to pass legislation to make it more difficult for suspected terrorists to buy guns.
The problem? Faisal Shahzad purchased his Kel-Tec rifle in Connecticut after passing both a criminal background check and a 14-day waiting period - gun control measures that gun control groups like Bloomberg's MAIG claim will stop criminals from obtaining guns.
From the Associated Press:
Shelton police said Shahzad legally bought a Kel-Tec rifle from a dealer after passing a criminal background check and a 14-day waiting period.
Meanwhile, through MAIG, Bloomberg claims that the solution to the problem of criminals obtaining guns is to make everyone that wishes to purchase a gun at a gun show - even from a private seller - go through the exact same background check that Shahzad went through. (Bang, bang and bang again!)
Ask yourself - what presented more danger to the citizens of New York - the rifle in the trunk of his car, or the bomb? Clearly, the terrorist knew the answer. I'm willing to bet Bloomberg does as well, and yet he didn't run off to testify in front of the Senate committee about the need to prevent home-grown terrorists from purchasing large quantities of gasoline, fireworks, fertilizer, propane tanks or alarm clocks...or the car he put them all in, for that matter. You'll see no press releases from the mayor decrying the "used car loophole," nor will you see anyone attempting to sue Nissan for pushing their product to anyone for their greedy profit without regard to the damage their product will cause society when a terrorist decides to load it with explosives.
No, for Bloomberg, this still isn't about stopping terrorists. It's all about curbing the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
So the next time you hear the sound of gunfire, it's likely just Mayor Bloomberg putting another round into foot as he talks about the nonexistent "gun show loophole" or his newly-imagined "terrorist loophole.
Chad D. Baus is the Buckeye Firearms Association Vice Chairman.
08-May-2010, 08:12 AM
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Go for it Darlin'! A 9MM is easy to handle on your end, and devastating on the receiving end. You may never need it, but it will be there when you need it. AND, if you didn't grow up in a gun owning home, by all means get some training! I wouldn't turn a homeowner loose with a hammer, I'm not proposing you take up arms without the knowledge to use it either.--Dogshirt
Thanks Dogshirt...I've fired a 9mm a few times but would definitely do training and plan to keep up with regular target shooting. Not something I would do half-assed for sure!
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13-May-2010, 03:58 PM
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"Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it" -- G. Santayana
You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door. Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers. At least two people have broken into your house and are moving your way. With your heart pumping, you reach down beside your bed and pick up your shotgun. You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch toward the door and open it. In the darkness, you make out two shadows
One holds something that looks like a crowbar. When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike, you raise the shotgun and fire. The blast knocks both thugs to the floor. One writhes and screams while the second man crawls to the front door and lurches outside. As you pick up the telephone to call police, you know you're in trouble.
In your country, most guns were outlawed years before, and the few that are privately owned are so stringently regulated as to make them useless. Yours was never registered. Police arrive and inform youthat the second burglar has died. They arrest you for First Degree Murder and Illegal Possession of a Firearm. When you talk to your attorney, he tells you not to worry: authorities will probably plea the case down to manslaughter. "What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask. "Only ten-to-twelve years," he replies, as if that's nothing. "Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven."
The next day, the shooting is the lead story in the local newspaper. Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric vigilante while the two men you shot are represented as choirboys. Their friends and relatives can't find an unkind word to say about them. Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims" have been arrested numerous times. But the next day's headline says it all: "Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to Die." The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into Robin Hood-type pranksters. As the days wear on, the story takes wings. The national media picks it up, then the international media. The surviving burglar has become a folk hero.
Your attorney says the thief is preparing to sue you, and he'll probably win. The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized several times in the past and that you've been critical of local police for their lack of effort in apprehending the suspects. After the last break-in, you told your neighbor that you would be prepared next time. The District Attorney uses this to allege that you were lying in wait for the burglars.
A few months later, you go to trial. The charges haven't been reduced, as your lawyer had so confidently predicted. When you take the stand, your anger at the injustice of it all works against you. Prosecutors paint a picture of you as a mean, vengeful man. It doesn't take long for the jury to convict you of all charges. The judge sentences you to life in prison
This case really happened. On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk , England , killed one burglar and wounded a second. In April, 2000, he was convicted and is now serving a life term. How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great British Empire ?
It started with the Pistols Act of 1903. This seemingly reasonable law forbade selling pistols to minors or felons and established that handgun sales were to be made only to those who had a license. The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not only handguns but all firearms except shotguns. Later laws passed in 1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon by private citizens and mandated the registration of all shotguns.
Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the Hungerford mass shooting in 1987. Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed man with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw. When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead. The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun control", demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately owned handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.) Nine years later, at Dunblane , Scotland , Thomas Hamilton used a semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public school.
For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally unstable or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real kook with which to beat up law-abiding gun owners. Day after day, week after week, the media gave up all pretense of objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns. The Dunblane Inquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few sidearms still owned by private citizens.
During the years in which the British government incrementally took away most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused to grant gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that self-defense was no longer considered a reason to own a gun. Citizens who shot burglars or robbers or rapists were charged while the real criminals were released
Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying, "We cannot have people take the law into their own hands." All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no fear of the consequences. Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had seen most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars.
When the Dunblane Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given three months to turn them over to local authorities. Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by police and threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply. Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from private citizens.
How did the authorities know who had handguns? The guns had been registered and licensed. Kind of like cars. Sound familiar?
"..It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.."
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21-Jun-2010, 11:45 AM
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Facing defeat in U.S. courts, Chicago Mayor Daley suggests "appeal" to World Court
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Submitted by cbaus on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 07:00.
by Gerard Valentino
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is clearly getting desperate to save the city's longtime ban on private ownership of firearms. With the prospect looming of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling his city's ban unconstitutional, and after the state Supreme Court tossed his $433 million lawsuit against the gun industry, he is now calling for a change of venue � to the World Court normally reserved for disputes between nations and crimes against humanity.
They mayor's actions are dripping in hypocrisy since for years, Daley has demanded freedom from the Illinois state government and now he is willing to sacrifice United States sovereignty at the altar of gun control.
Daley's actions are those of a man becoming unhinged at no longer being in complete control.
After all, he has had complete control over the city since his election as mayor. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court is going to force him to give up his pet gun ban and instead of accepting another loss over gun control, Daley is throwing another one of his infamous tantrums.
But who can blame him since he has ruled Chicago for so long without allowing dissent.
Mayor Daley is a deft and accomplished politician and only uses a tool if it helps him achieve his goals. He can't get a total ban on private ownership of guns through the legislature, or at the ballot box and now the U.S. court system has failed him. So, he is moving on to the next possibility to uphold his anti-gun lunacy.
You can bet his attempt to take American gun companies to the World Court is driven by the fact that he knows the court will rule in his favor.
If Mayor Daley really wants to make a stand in favor of gun control he should put his gun control plan to work by refusing to accept armed bodyguards and travel around Chicago unarmed in the same manner he demands of the citizenry. That won't happen because like most anti-gun politicians, Daley is an elitist hypocrite who wants to live one way, while the people live another.
Mayor Daley also has a vested interest in blaming gun companies, gun advocates and gun laws for the unprecedented violence occurring in Chicago. As long as he can convince voters that the guns flooding Chicago are put there by the evil gun industry that is skirting the law, it takes the heat off of his inability to stop the killing. Shifting the blame is only part of the problem, however. Daley also has to make sure that Illinois never passes a legal concealed carry law.
He knows that eventually Illinois will join the 48 other states that allow legal concealed carry which will take away even more of his control. If Chicago is flooded with legally carried guns without an increase in violence, it will also further expose Daley�s lies. When that happens, he will finally have to answer for the fact that he hasn�t been able to stop the violence in Chicago.
Long before legal concealed carry becomes law in Illinois, the Chicago ban will finally be overturned. We can only guess what stunt Mayor Daley will pull to keep Chicagoans from being able to properly exercise their right to keep and bear arms. Everyone knows he won't simply give up, as he should, and let the ban die.
They say the true character of a man is exposed after suffering a meaningful loss - just the type of loss Daley is likely to suffer when the U.S. Supreme Court finally rules against the Chicago gun ban and when he fails to bring gun companies to the World Court.
Once all of his attempts at stopping the inevitable have failed, Mayor Daley has a choice. He can accept his loss gracefully and finally open his mind, or he can dig his heels in like an obstinate donkey.
For most people who have followed the Chicago gun ban saga, it won't be much of a challenge to guess which stance he will take.
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Located on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, Suncoast Christian College is an independent college that provides nurturing Christ-centred education from Pre-prep to Year 12.
-Debating -Various sports teams -Missions -Dance -Drama -Music
Suncoast Christian College offers a dedicated bus service, for our students only, right across the Sunshine Coast.
Our fleet of air conditioned buses transport your child to and from school, excursions and sporting events.
Not many people may know it but Suncoast Christian College has two students who are making waves in the world of kayaking.
Over the Easter holidays Year 10 student Siarn O'Neill and Year 12 student Jayden Newell both went to Perth to compete in the National Kayaking Titles and both were selected for respective Australian teams that will compete overseas later in the year.
Siarn said the competition was grueling, "I competed everyday over five days in 36 degree heat. My favourite race is the 200m but I also competed in the 500m and 1000m races. In my age group (U15) I won every race."
A pretty impressive effort from Siarn who will now go to the Czech Republic in September as the youngest member of the 2013 Australian Olympic Hopes Sprint Team to compete in the Olympic Hopes Regatta.
Jayden also impressed in Perth and was selected in the Australian Under 18 team that will be competing in Canada in August at the 2013 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships. Jayden's team will be competing against 68 countries worldwide and Jayden is justifiably elated. "I am very excited, I was going for this team, and next year I'm aiming for the Junior Olympics. Last year I competed in Hungry and that was amazing."
Excelling in your sport at such a high level obviously comes with commitment and hard work, which both Siarn and Jayden are well accustomed to. "During peak season I train every morning and night for 1-1.5 hours each session; luckily my family are really supportive," says Siarn.
As well as training hard, tireless fundraising is also a necessity as competing on a world stage does not come cheap. "My trip will cost $6000, which is a lot of money," says Jayden. "Going to Racice (Czech Republic) will cost $6500 and yeah, I really need to do a fundraiser," agrees Siarn.
Being that kayaking is not a standard sport to become involved in; both Siarn and Jayden's stories of how they found the sport are very interesting.
Jayden says, "I went to a free sports talent identification day at the University of the Sunshine Coast. After testing me they recommended I do a 3 month trial with a kayaking club and I was good at it so I stuck with it. I just like it, it is good to have a physical outlet."
Siarn found kayaking through a friend. "I was doing outrigging with a friend and she got me to come and try kayaking. I like the social side of it, the travelling and how far you can go with the sport. The racing is really exciting."
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The result: Both JavaScript engines ran in a virtual tie, with the Google product slightly ahead, perhaps faster by 15 percent, not a substantial Chrome lead, considering the margin of error inherent in the SunSpider test. Significant differences emerged, however, in performing certain tasks: Chrome did better with 3D and crypto tasks; Firefox with strings, regex, and math. The German sister publication Linux Magazin Online provides the test results as a download.
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35 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses, 2 "Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns. 3 Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.
4 "The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits[a] from the town wall. 5 Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits[b] on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west and two thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.
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6 "Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns. 7 In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands. 8 The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: Take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few."
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IACP Finds Numerous Flaws With Wyeth Citizen Petition Regarding Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Oct 27, 2005, 01:00 ET from International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
SUGAR LAND, Texas, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) sharply criticized pharmaceutical manufacturer Wyeth for manipulating the law and facts in an attempt to restrict patients' access to customized bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). On October 6, 2005, Wyeth petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to impose far-reaching restrictions on physicians' ability to prescribe and pharmacists' ability to prepare and dispense bioidentical hormones. "Wyeth's aims are clear: to restrict the ability of physicians to prescribe and patients to use customized BHRT following studies that have raised serious health concerns with the company's own products," said L.D. King, executive director of IACP. "When Johnson and Johnson discovered that Tylenol had been contaminated, it didn't file a petition to limit access to ibuprofen; it acted responsibly and fixed the problem. Wyeth would be wise to follow this responsible course." IACP said that one example of Wyeth's contorted logic in the petition is that the company is trying to have it both ways: arguing that bioidentical hormones are illegal because they are copies of off-the-shelf pharmaceuticals on the one hand, and claiming that compounding pharmacists are fabricating new, untested drugs on the other. The truth is that compounding pharmacists are preparing bioidentical hormone replacement therapies, which doctors design and prescribe to meet their patients' individual needs. The organization also said the Wyeth petition is trying to mislead FDA by suggesting that compounding pharmacists are "simply trying to dupe an unsuspecting patient population." Wyeth knows full well that physicians must prescribe BHRT for each patient before a pharmacist can provide her with this medicine, just as they would order Wyeth's own medications. Yet Wyeth completely ignores the role physicians play, never mentioning them in the petition. To suggest that pharmacists who prepare customized medicines based on doctors' orders are duping patients is an insult to all physicians, patients and pharmacists, the organization said. IACP said it will formally oppose the Citizen Petition in its own response to FDA in the weeks ahead. The organization cited a number of other substantive flaws with the Wyeth petition. * Wyeth wrongly presumes that FDA's authority extends completely across every facet of the practice of compounding. This is incorrect; pharmacy compounding is a wholly distinct practice and is not subject to the same requirements as manufacturing. Since the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 passed, compounding has been regulated by state boards of pharmacy, not the FDA. In fact, because compounded bioidentical hormone replacement therapies are prepared to meet patients' individual needs, they are inherently incompatible with the FDA's years-long new drug approval process required of manufactured pharmaceuticals. * Wyeth mischaracterizes the First Amendment protections to commercial speech and misconstrues the U.S. Supreme Court's Western States ruling. Wyeth is trying to undermine the Supreme Court's decision, which found that "prohibitions on soliciting prescriptions for, and advertising, compounded drugs amount to unconstitutional restrictions on commercial speech." While the court also affirmed that "misleading" advertisements are not protected by free speech -- a ruling IACP supports and its policy reflects -- Wyeth's condemnation of virtually any communication regarding BHRT is excessively broad, contrary to Western States, and would violate the First Amendment if enforced by the FDA. * Wyeth relies on bad science to support many of its claims. The only study Wyeth uses to support its contention that compounding is unsafe has been criticized in the U.S. Senate and is not supported even by the FDA. When pressed on the scientific value of the data during an October 2003 Senate hearing on pharmacy compounding, FDA's then acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Dr. Steven Galson, explained, "I wasn't trying to present these as scientific data. Most notably, I wasn't trying to use them to urge or call for a new Federal regulation." * In its filing, Wyeth itself blurs the line between synthetic and bioidentical hormones. Most notably, Wyeth suggests that the National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative (WHI) studied bioidentical hormone therapies. It did not. Rather, WHI studied Wyeth's products exclusively and the study was cut short in 2002 after the data demonstrated that Premarin(R) (synthetic estrogen) increased the risk of stroke and the components of Prempro(R), Premarin plus progestin (synthetic progesterone), increased the risk of strokes, breast cancer, heart attacks and blood clots. According to Wyeth's latest annual report, sales of Premarin-related products suffered since the study ended, having declined about 32 percent to $880 million in 2004 from $1.3 billion in 2003. The physical components of BHRT are different from the components of Wyeth's synthetic hormones that were studied by WHI. * Furthermore, Wyeth has had its own problems with FDA rules governing advertising. In a letter from FDA dated January 11, 1999, the FDA said that promotional materials for Premarin were "false or misleading, and promote Premarin for unapproved uses." One year earlier, the company had received a letter saying that a television advertisement for Premarin was "false or misleading." As the Cincinnati Enquirer reported this month, "For some women, hormone replacement therapy is the only thing that eases symptoms. More women are turning to bioidentical hormones -- custom-compounded mixes of estrogens and progesterone that are identical to hormones produced by the body." Continued Mr. King, "Pharmacy compounding is performed by responsible, trained professionals who have strong relationships with their patients and their patients' physicians. The successful practice of pharmacy compounding is predicated on full, open and honest communication between these three groups of people. However, by attacking these communications and the ability to treat patients, Wyeth's petition would do far more harm than good. As a result, IACP will request that the FDA deny Wyeth's petition." About IACP The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) is a non- profit association founded in 1991 to protect and promote the art and skill of the compounding pharmacy profession. We represent more than 1,800 pharmacists, physicians, technicians and patients who are committed to the safe practice of pharmacy compounding. We are committed to ensuring the rights of physicians to prescribe, of pharmacists to prepare and of patients to take customized medications that meet their unique, individual needs.
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My wife and I had the pleasure of attending the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra's 2017 Valentine's Day concert at the Bijou Theater. We started the evening with a dinner at the "Bistro...
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My wife and I had the pleasure of attending the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra's 2017 Valentine's Day concert at the Bijou Theater. We started the evening with a dinner at the "Bistro at the Bijou", in an adjacent building, where we had a great meal.
There is free parking around 3 short blocks away and paid parking right at the venue...
Online it says they open the doors at least 60 minutes prior to showtime and that was not accurate. I think we were allowed inside 45 minutes before the show was suppose to start.
The place is beautiful but the seats are pretty small.
Parking was $10 directly across the street.
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I love performances here. The seats are comfortable and the acoustics are great. I love the architecture and décor. It is nice to see a concert here because of the intimate feel. The staff is excellent, everyone was so nice. We had to go through a security check line but it went fast and the people were friendly.
I am fortunate to have been to the Bijou many times over the years. Known as an "acoustically perfect" theatre, the Bijou was almost torn down not too many years ago. Thank goodness the good people of Knoxville mounted a campaign to save it. It is smaller than its sister right down the block, the Tennessee Theatre, but what it...
The Bijou is a smaller venue for concerts, very intimate. A little less refined, (scruffier?), than the Tennessee Theater down the street. It has its own charms,
They have wonderful performances here. I don't think there is a bad seat in the house.
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Been to this theatre several times and it is comfortable even though it's small and old. Easy to be personable with the artists, even the balcony and 20th row feel close to the stage. There is a bar to serve water, drinks, wine, and beers that are allowed in the theater area.
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We saw my favorite guitar hero for two nights in May 2016. What an excellent venue. We've attended many concerts over the years. This hall has musical mojo and there's not a bad seat in the house that I can tell.
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Book Description Boston, 1919. It's been a terrible year for thirteen-year-old Joshua Harper. The influenza pandemic that's sweeping the world has claimed his father's life; his voice has changed, so he can't sing in the Boston Boys' Choir anymore; and now money is tight, so he must quit school to get a job. It's not fair! Joshua begins working as a newspaper boy, hawking papers on the street, but he soon finds himself competing with Charlestown Charlie, a tough, streetwise boy who does not make things easier for Joshua. It seems that fitting in is not as easy as it once was. Then disaster strikes the city of Boston. Joshua must do what he can to help, and in doing so he finds the place -- and the voice -- that he thought he'd lost.
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Digital Black & White Master Class:
Full Day Workshop with Vincent Versace & Harold Davis
Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn from two of the masters of contemporary monochromatic photography.
Vincent Versace is the author of From Oz to Kansas: Almost Every Black & White Technique Known to Man and Harold Davis is the author of Creative Black & White: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques (in addition to other bestselling books from both master photographers).
Topics covered in this workshop will include:
In addition, there will be time for individual portfolio reviews (plan to bring no more than six black & white prints or six images in JPEG format on a USB drive).
Workshop fee includes a finger-licking BBQ lunch from Everett & Jones. Vegetarian dishes and salads will also be served. Some of the Vegan dishes will include lentil salad with walnuts, baked sesame tofu, and an avocado wasabi salad. We've also had a request for cornbread, so we'll have that, too!
Who is this workshop for?
If you are interested in black & white photography and would like to take your work to the next level this is a rare opportunity to perfect your technique and be inspired by two legendary photographers and teachers! This workshop is primarily intended for serious amateurs and professionals who already have some experience with digital black & white photography.
Where: MIG Meeting Place, 800 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
When: Saturday March 10, 2012, 9:30AM
Tuition: The cost of the workshop is $395 including BBQ lunch. Workshop limited to 25 participants.
What to bring: Your camera, tripod (if you have one), six black & white images (prints or JPEGs), a laptop loaded with Photoshop and Nik Silver Efex if you want to follow along with the presentations (free trial versions of software are available for download).
9:30AM - Workshop orientation
10:00 - Monochromatic vision
11:00 - Seeing in black & white: photography exercise
11:30 - Portfolio review and feedback (first session)
12:00 - Lunch break (lunch provided by E&J BBQ)
1:00PM - Digital workflow for b&w
1:30 - Monochromatic conversion techniques
2:30 - Advanced conversion tips
3:30 - Monochromatic HDR (Davis)
4:00 - Printing Black & White (Versace)
4:30 - Portfolio review and feedback (second session)
5:00 - Review, wrap-up and Q&A
About Vincent Versace
Vincent Versace is a recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian Award in Media Arts and Entertainment, the Shellenberg fine art award, a four-time nominee to the Photoshop Hall of Fame, and is the author of the best selling book Welcome to Oz, the first edition of which was chosen as Shutterbug magazine's best how to book of the year. Versace is a member of the Epson Stylus Pros, a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens, an Xrite Colorotti, Lexar Elite Photographer, and an American Photo Magazine Mentor Trek and Master Class instructor.
About Harold Davis
Harold Davis is an award-winning professional photographer and widely recognized as one of the leading contemporary photographers.
He is the author of more than 30 books, including Photographing Flowers: Exploring Macro Worlds with Harold Davis (Focal Press), The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations (Focal Press), and The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital Post-Processing (Focal Press).
Harold is the author of the Creative Photography series from Wiley Publishing.
"Harold Davis's Creative Photography series is a great way to start a photography library"—Daniel Fealko, PhotoFidelity.
The Creative titles include: Creative Landscapes: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques (Wiley), Creative Lighting: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques (Wiley), Creative Portraits: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques (Wiley), Creative Black & White: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques (Wiley), Creative Composition: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques (Wiley), Creative Night: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques (Wiley), Creative Close-Ups: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques (Wiley). He's also written a book on the fundamentals of exposure, Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers (O'Reilly Media).
Excellent program, terrrific teaching by both Versace adn Davis. The teaching styles of the two experts indeed compliment one and another. While the program had a solid structure, the instructors, having such vast knowledge and experience, shared their philosophy, methodologies and some hard core photograpjy principles. I enjoyed the program thoroughly.
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A very inspiring, advanced and highly technical workshop. I learned an enormous amount and was introduced to some interesting new approaches. I left inspired and full of excitement to create more BW photography. Shame there wasn't more hands-on, how-to time. We did take some pictures but never did anything with them; my laptop wasn't used. Maybe a two-day session would have been better for all that this day wanted to achieve. And in hind-sight, some hand-outs of the conversion process in photoshop would have been very useful to follow along with. (As it is I'm using my sketchy notes and forgetting much.) Regardless, I really enjoyed the day, thank you to Harold, Vincent and Phyllis for putting on such a wonderful (and delicious!) day!
0 · March 11, 2012
I really enjoyed seeing (and feeding!) the workshop group. Chocolate chippers were the clear winners for dessert, so I'll make more next time. (o: Thank you all for a great workshop!
0 · March 11, 2012
Versace's presentation was a bit more technical than I anticipated. That didn't detract from my enjoyment of the presentation or being able to follow what was demonstrated. I have participated in other workshops with Davis and he was his usual accepting, fully-present, and gracious self. A one-day workshop isn't the best venue for this type of activity, but it certainly whetted my appetite for more. The food and refreshments provided were absolutely top-notch. I don't believe I've ever been fed so well at a workshop.
0 · March 11, 2012
Very disappointing workshop. It tried to cover too much and ended up not providing much. This was highly technical and material was covered too quickly to understand a lot of it. There were no handouts which would have been helpful. Organization of time was terrible. We brought cameras and tripods and it doesn't seem we needed them. I might as well not taken time to put together a portfolio as it wasn't reviewed. Vincent is brilliant but he was all over the place in what he presented. He obviously likes teaching and sharing his knowledge but just doesn't manage time well.
0 · March 11, 2012
As a newcomer to B&W photography I found the discussion and presentation of the art, sciences, practices and results of B&W fascinating. As a relative newcomer to digital photography I sometimes felt that I was in at the deep end so for me personally it was a steep learning curve and huge learning experience with the added benefit that while I now know a lot more about the importance of composition, framing, contrast, color, and the need to "solve the problem at the point of capture" as a necessary building block for B&W images, I also now know what I don't know and where to go to learn what I need to learn. Vincent and Harold did a terrific job of integrating their somewhat different approaches to this art form and I appreciated the fact they both brought a lot of examples of their work. Listening to the "masters" tell the story behind the image and describe what went into each piece was a very cool experience.
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La Quinta Inn & Suites Austin - Cedar Park, Cedar Park
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La Quinta Inn & Suites Austin - Cedar Park, Cedar Park
Dissatisfaction as high as room rate.
The room was dirty with bare wood showing due to incorrect sized microwave. Door latches filed down and a gap in door that someone from outside could peek in! Just a bad stay wish we never went.
La Quinta Inn & Suites Austin - Cedar Park, Cedar Park
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Nice place but need more staff.
We stayed for one night. The lady at the front desk when we checked in was really nice. It was close to a lot of restaurants and the HEB Center at Cedar Park. The breakfast was good with a lot choices. The only disappointment was with check out. The Person at the desk left and left no one to help the customers. I waited for 30 minutes along with other people needing to check out. I finally had had enough so I just told the lady that was overseeing the breakfast that I was leaving the keys at the front.
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