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The house has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 outdoor toilet, living room and kitchen, all on one floor. Outdoor, porch-terrace area, barbecue, swimming pool with air conditioning possibility (15 € / night), garden with lawn area, fruit area, etc.
Chispita Cá is located in the protected area of Pino Santo, in midlands area of this island, and particularly around the town of La Milagrosa, where you can enjoy stunning views and absolute tranquility.
The house, built at the beginning of 1. 900 and restored in 1 997, is a faithful sample of the type of rural architecture of the time. In the form of 'L', invites you to discover items, now in disuse, rural Canarian architecture, its thick stone walls and mud roofs of wooden gable roof, spacious and comfortable that spin around a porch, oriented south, retaining the charm of yesteryear, showing a way of life where complete harmony with the environment were necessary conditions to stay in a rural setting.
In addition, the area is full of trails and paths, to make walking, cycling, linking various population centers or places of scenic, natural, ornithological interest, etc.
The house is good starting point for:
• Trekking. We have information on trails of the island (protected natural environment), crossed by roads that lead to amazing places. Some are agricultural and livestock paths, others are old shortcuts and other highways. Routes in the area: St. Bridget Trail, Trail and Path teror Osorio.
• Collection of mushrooms. If you are fond / aa mushroom gathering near the house find suitable places to practice. Autumn is the best season for mushrooms to pick and taste them.
• Make trips by car, bicycle or on foot around the island. A quiet day on the beaches of the north to 25-30 minutes, or south to 45 minutes.
• Day sailboat sailing on the beach of Las Canteras or the bay area of the capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (not included in price).
We can seek information from any sports or other
The situation of the house makes it possible:
• Walking and cycling. We can manage your rental bike (not included in price).
• Horseback riding (not included in price). About 25 minutes away is the San Mateo equestrian center, where we can enjoy nature with horses. The center offers: guided tours. horse trips. riding lessons. therapeutic riding (hippotherapy). boarding of horses. All in a natural and immediate environment where new sensations achieved.
• Scuba diving on the beach of Las Canteras (25-30 minutes), marina (25 minutes), Beach Sardina del Norte (40 minutes), beach Bastard (40 minutes), etc., can manage equipment rentals (not included in price).
• Surfing Practice on several points along the coast of the island or on the beach Fun Board Vargas (35 minutes) or Pozo Izquierdo (45 minutes), we can manage equipment rentals (not included in price).
We had a fantastic time at this beautiful rural cottage. The owners were extremely helpful supplying us with logs for the fire when the weather was quite cold. Any other slight query was dealt with immediately. The cottage had everything inside and out that one could wish for. Fantastic views and extremely peaceful.
We loved the house! Beds were comfortable and beautifully made. And everything was spotless. The pool area is lovely with plenty of outdoor seating and toys for kids. Both mine were thrilled with playhouse. It was well
worth paying for the pool to be heated (this was in January). The shape of the house creates a courtyard area round the pool which means that it is really well sheltered from any wind.
Satellite tv is very limited, nearly everything is in German. I would suggest bringing a selection of DVDs if you want to watch tv in the evenings.
The wifi is great, fast and efficient, we needed to reset the box when we arrived but even I could manage to try unplugging and plugging back in to get something to work.
The contact was good and remained good throughout our stay. When we had one small problem someone was round to fix it (gently point out we were doing it wrong) instantly!
The house had no salt/pepper/oil/vinegar/ etc. We had stopped at shops but not bought those assuming there would be basic supplies. We are leaving them now so hopefully they will be here for the next visitors. We did arrive to a bowl filled with fruit (I think from the garden) which was really appreciated.
We found the house very difficult to find. It transpired there was quite a simple reason for this. I have the homeaway app on my iPhone. I was using the map on there to find the location. Turns out it is not accurate. At some point my phone ran out of battery and my mum accessed the map through the normal website and there was a completely different tab there that said 'location' it led us here straight away! Basically, do not use the homeaway iPhone app for directions to get here or you will never arrive! The last bit of the drive is a bit rough going but perfectly drivable.
Las palmas is around 25 minutes away but we didnt feel inclined to leave the house much. I do have a 1 year old and a 2 year old though so going anywhere is a palaver.
Overall I would 100% recommend this property. I strongly suspect we will be back to visit again.
This is an amazing place. Much more beautiful then the pictures! The house is stunning, very nicely decorated and very comfortable. The beds are very nice, even the babycot was great with a good matrass!
The views are very nice. The pool is great. Heated pool costs a bit extra but is worth every cent, so comfortabel! It also has a little stairs which is great for small children, Our 2 year old daughter could play there.
She also loved her 'own playground': a slide and swing, And there ar lots of toys in a basket outside (including a plastic pool and giraf we left there!).
The capital, Las Palmas, is only 15 minutes away, We went there a lot, a great city!
The road to the house is very narrow and steep, a bit scary at first but you'll get used to it.
Schönes Casa Rural mit tollem Pool und grosszügiger Umgebung, ruhig, ländlich, nicht das übliche Gran Canaria. Alles bestens, schneller Service als etwas defekt war.
We zijn hier de eerste week van januari geweest. Het weer was prachtig. We konden zelfs buiten ontbijten. Helaas niet buiten eten 's avonds, want als de zon achter de berg verdween, werd het snel kouder.
Het huis is van alle gemakken voorzien met zelfs een vaatwasser. De keuken heeft voldoende pannen, borden en bestek e.d. De zithoek is daarentegen klein voor 6 volwassen, want er is dan onvoldoende zitgelegenheid. Ook ontbrak een 6e eetkamerstoel.
De televisie ontving alleen een tiental commerciele Duitse en Oostenrijkse zenders.
De slaapkamers zijn prima, hoewel de slaapkamer met de 2 enkele bedden minder goede matrassen heeft. Het slaapt wel perfect in de 'ouder-slaapkamer'.
Het winkeltje in San Lorenzo stelt niet veel voor. Voor een winkel ben je dus al gauw een kwartier onderweg met de auto.
Kortom, een goed huis met een paar verbetrpuntjes, voor een lekkere vakantie, weg van het drukke toerisme van Gran Canaria. Zeker een aanrader dus.
Mi pareja, mi perrita y yo, hemos pasado tres días maravillosos en Ca'Chispita. La casa está situada en un entorno inmejorable y cuenta con todo el equipamiento necesario para que tus días sean inolvidables. La propietaria ha sido en todo momento atenta y amable, lo cual es de agradecer.
Es maravilloso despertar con tanta calma y disfrutar de las vistas que Ca'Chispita te ofrece. La casa está muy cuidada y nosotros deseando volver. Se la recomiendo a todo el mundo que quiera desconectar por unos días y volver renovado tras la estancia en ese espléndido lugar.
Magnificent house with private pool, located 15 minutes from the island's capital, Las Palmas.
Quiet area, nature. Intimacy and privacy in the home environment.
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AN underage hoon driver and his young friend are fighting for their lives after allegedly crashing a stolen car into a tree while fleeing police in Melbourne's southeast.
The teenagers, aged 14 and 15, were travelling in a stolen Toyota station wagon when it took a sharp left turn at a roundabout and swerved into a tree on Sun Valley Boulevard in Lynbrook shortly before 3.30am.
Cranbourne police had been pursuing the vehicle just minutes earlier.
The 15-year-old driver was trapped for nearly an hour after his side of the car wrapped around a tree, jamming the door.
His passenger was thrown from the vehicle and suffered life-threatening head injuries.
Resident Tracy Eastham described rushing to the aid of the boys after she and her family heard a loud bang.
"As soon as I heard the bang, I saw the flashing lights (of the police car) through the glass window," Ms Eastham said.
She helped police comfort the 14-year-old boy, who was lying bloodied and unconscious next to the car.
"It was horrible. I can't get his face out of my head," Ms Eastham said.
Her son Shannon, 23, described hearing the teens gasping and "rattling" for air.
"I've had to sleep with the TV on (because) all I can think about is that breathing," he said.
Neighbours said the roundabout at the top of their road was a popular place for hoon driving and they had feared tragedy could strike at any time.
Senior Sergeant Andrew Horscroft said police had called off a pursuit of a suspicious car eight minutes before the crash.
Another police car then spotted the station wagon and turned off the South Gippsland Hwy to investigate.
"A little bit of speed and his (the driver's) inexperience has probably led to him hitting the tree," Sen-Sgt Horscroft said.
"They're extremely lucky that they're in hospital and they're able to be treated for their injuries."
Police involved in the incident are assisting the Major Collision Investigation Group with their enquiries.
Both teens were taken to The Alfred Hospital in a serious condition.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000
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"There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If one person doesn't get the bad luck, somebody else will have to get it in their place. There's always the same amount of good and evil, too. We can't eradicate evil, we can only evict it, force it to move across town. And when evil moves, some good always goes with it. But we can never alter the ratio of good to evil. All we can do is keep things stirred up so neither good nor evil solidifies. That's when things get scary. Life is like a stew, you have to stir it frequently, or all the scum rises to the top."
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The first multi-performance production in Fremont's newest theater venue, West of Lenin, arrives in Seattle this week. Digital artist J-Walt brings his newest Spontaneous Fantasia show, The Omnicentric Universe, to West of Lenin for four performances – Wed 8/31 at 8pm, Fri 9/2 at 8pm and Sat 9/3 at 5pm and 8pm.
In Spontaneous Fantasia, J-Walt utilizes the latest in interactive computer graphics techniques to bring paintings to life. The result is a live animated movie that unfolds before an audience. These works incorporate elements of animation, theater, dance, painting, sculpture, music, architecture, and interactive art.
"With my performances, I take literally the meaning of the word 'animation': making images come to life. I use my drawing skills to give directions to computer programs I've written. I aim to capture the sensitivity of gesture, but I also use techniques which amplify and augment the gestures. The wave of the arm or the stroke of the pen is my foundation, but the effect is much more. My creative process for these pieces is to continually shift between painting, programming, composing music, and performing. My goal is to create a wholly integrated experience for the eye, ear, and mind."
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turn blind corners in a wanderlust and find yourself. a collection of scents and memories gathered from wandering the streets of a new york in the winter.
notes of aged paper, the smell of old books, indelible as the stories themselves. and glimpses of nature that grow between the cracks, of rare barks, white woods, wild grass and warm earthy resins. a space of comforting warmth amidst a snow covered skyline and the clean freshness of hinoki cypress wood. an infinite and biocompatible blend of pure hinoki cypress wood, gurjum balsam resin, vetivert grass, red cedarwood atlas bark, mandarin rind, and cistus rockrose resin.
history: if scent is connection, then Wanderlust is a love letter, an homage and distilled experience of wandering and discovery through openness, freedom and the belief in possibility.
origin: tanzawa mountains japan, east india, reunion islands, algarve portugal, sierra nevada, virginia
essential oil blend: hinoki cypress wood, gurjum balsam resin, vetivert grass, red cedarwood atlas, mandarin rind, and cistus rockrose oil.
aromatherapy: a grounding, meditative effect and the unique composition of tree bark, grass, rinds, and resin addresses mental or emotional fatigue and promotes perseverance. boosts immunity.
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BVL ( Bowlers to veteran's Link ) is 1 of 2 major charities that USBC ( governing body of organized bowling ) has adopted as a worthy organization to help raise funds for. Our local chartered association has been raising funds through contributions from our local bowlers. We do this at our local and state tournament and social events. We are just one of many local associations across the country that do this every year. Why? Because this organization uses 90% or more of the donations for the veteran's hospitals, veteran's homes and troops stationed overseas. They also return to the local organization that donates, over 95% of their donation to give to a local organization if they ask. In our case we have adopted the Veteran's Home in Edison NJ. For the past 5 year's our officers have presented a check to the center in November. On November 5th we will again be presenting a check for $2700 out of the $3000 dollars we raised this past year. It is a very satisfying yet humbling experience to present this money to the veterans who have proudly served our country.
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Its time to don your Santa costumes and your Christmas lights, the season of cheer is here! For the occasion, IBikeLondon is organising another one of its social events on Saturday 7th December. Join us for a fun Christmas themed bike ride in South and Central London that will end at the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park!
We will be meeting in front of City Hall (The Queen's Walk, SE1 2AA) at 1:30pm (the nearest tube is London Bridge) with the aim to start the ride at 2:00pm. The ride will be mostly flat and covers a distance of 17 miles (28km). The route is mostly traffic free and the pace will be relaxed.
After departing from City Hall we will head south towards Burgess Park, going through Bermondsey Spa Gardens. We will then head towards Vauxhall Bridge and cycle west along the river, towards Battersea Park. After crossing the beautifully lit Albert Bridge, we will follow the embankment all the way to Westminster and the Houses of Parliament. We then aim to cycle to Trafalgar Square to catch a sight of the Norwegian Christmas tree.
The last part of the ride will definitely be unforgettable as we take in the Christmas lights along Regents Street and Oxford Circus while making a head-turning spectacle ourselves; a band of Santas, reindeers and Christmas elves all on bicycles! What's not to like! We whole-heartedly encourage you to dress up and light up to make it that much more fun and Christmassy for everyone! We will definitely bring along music bikes and Disco Boy will make a customary appearance with the Disco bike.
Our ride will end at Hyde Park, specifically at the Winter Wonderland. After the ride, we invite all the riders to join us for some well-deserved food, drinks, fun and Christmas cheer!
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Amherst race shows judicial contests are anything but civil
Elections for town justice are supposed to be civil, respectful and somewhat ... judicial.
Not so in Amherst this year, as the race for the top legal post outside Buffalo is heating up into an all-out political war.
Democrats say Republican Town Council Member Barbara S. Nuchereno lacks the experience to be a judge, especially since she failed to even register with the state this year as an attorney.
Republicans, meanwhile, accuse Democrat Kara A. Buscaglia of lying about her experience and failing to disclose her fundraising reports.
Even the candidates themselves, while peeved at the accusations, appear to be more disgusted at the ugliness of the campaign.
"It's been nasty," said Nuchereno. "It's the tone of the whole campaign."
Said Buscaglia: "It's a shame. Judicial races should be done with a certain amount of ethics and standards."
That is now out of the question as both parties are pouring resources into the race in anticipation of Tuesday's primary.
While Nuchereno is the endorsed Republican and Buscaglia the endorsed Democrat, each will appear on the Democratic, Republican, Conservative and Independence lines in an attempt to knock the other off the ballot before the general election.
Town Democratic Chairman Jerome D. Schad on Thursday produced 18 pages of court records showing Nuchereno failed to re-register as a lawyer with the state this year, as attorneys are required to do. He said the revelation, along with the fact that Nuchereno has not had an active practice in 13 years, calls into question her fitness for the job. "If you haven't been a private practitioner in 13 years, that's something that sticks out," he said.
Nuchereno said she is the victim of Democratic smear attacks that have turned a cordial race into a battle, adding that she has 2½ times more experience than her younger opponent. "All they talk about is me," she said of the Democrats. "In every other race I've been in I respected my opponents and my opponents respected me and we were friends or friendly after. This has been nothing but a constant barrage of nasty emails."
As for the questions about her registration, she said, "I should have done it ... I probably should have, quite frankly."
But she said she was not actively practicing and that paying the fee or taking the required classes "really shouldn't be a problem."
Candidates for town justice in New York State are not required to be an attorney.
Nuchereno deflected criticism about her experience by pointing out that she worked in private practice from 1987 to 2000 and later as a confidential law clerk to State Supreme Court Justice Sharon S. Townsend when Townsend was administrator of all family courts in Western New York.
She also accused Buscaglia of failing to submit her previous two financial disclosure statements on time with the state Board of Elections.
Buscaglia denies that she submitted the petitions late, as was recently alleged in a negative mailer put out by the Amherst Century Club, a fundraising arm for town Republicans.
State records show the reports have been submitted, but state officials could not verify the date of the filing.
Buscaglia also attempted to distance herself from some of the negative emails that play up Buscaglia's criminal court experience as an assistant district attorney and later as a private criminal defense lawyer. One email tells readers that the thought of Nuchereno becoming judge is "pretty scary," while Buscaglia's own mailings tout her as the "only candidate" with criminal law and trial experience.
Buscaglia said she did not authorize the emails and "refuses to play that game."
"It's not from me, and I've never seen this," she said. "I could not tell you who these people are and what they said. I have no knowledge of this to this day."
Schad said he doesn't think the election has been especially nasty.
"I honestly don't," he said. "I've run myself three times, and each time I ran, something happened between the Thursday through Sunday before the primary. I expect to see that type of stuff going on, and frankly all candidates do. But I don't think the scope on the judicial side has gotten to that."
The fireworks may not be over just yet. Each candidate has roughly $7,000 left in her election fundraising account.
That, of course, does not count any money that might pour in from either party.
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The Sacramento Kings have suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune for most of their first 20 years in the NBA.
But the days of being derisively referred to as "The Queens" are over.
Sacramento came into the Air Canada Centre last night with a four-game road winning streak and an impressive 20-9 record before bowing to the Raptors 96-93.
But the Kings still managed to cut an 18-point deficit after three quarters to make the game close.
With a core of key players -- Chris Webber, Mike Bibby, Peja Stojakovic and former Raptor Doug Christie -- who are now in their fourth season as a unit with the team, Sacramento is considered a serious threat to win a championship this year.
Raptors coach Sam Mitchell said it's hard to defend against the four veterans.
"When you look at Stojakovic, Bibby, Webber and Christie, they have been together a long time,"Mitchell said. "Those four guys really understand the offence and execute it well."
Mitchell said he was envious of the team Sacramento coach Rick Adelman has in front of him.
"Any team that can keep their core guys five, six, seven years ... they know one another, they understand one another," Mitchell said.
"They have got to be considered a team that is capable of winning an NBA championship."
Adelman said that his team simply ran out of gas last night.
"We didn't play very well, it's as simple as that," Adelman said.
The coach still thinks his team is capable of making a run at the Pacific Division title.
The Kings were playing their third game in four nights, but Adelman was not looking for excuses.
"We didn't have enough energy. We had too many flat periods," he said.
"We just waited too long to start playing."
Adelman singled out Raptor power forward Chris Bosh for particular praise in the way he played against the Kings starting five.
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Some people love the smell of freshly brewed coffee first thing in the morning.
John Hall loves the smell of freshly roasted coffee in the afternoon.
From the comfort of the backyard of his Oro Valley home, Hall has his coffee-bean roaster filled with six pounds of raw coffee beans. He has his ear close to the 450-degree spinning roaster drum as he listens for the "first pop," followed by a "second crack." That's how he knows the beans are done roasting and ready to be cooled.
For the past eight years, Hall has been roasting in his backyard and selling coffee. For the past four years, he has been selling his fresh-roasted and brewed coffee from his shop, Desert Rain Coffee, located at the Oro Valley Hospital.
"Instead of a comfort food, it's a comfort drink, and I like being a part of that," he said.
For the 55-year-old, it has been a long road to this moment.
"I worked as a chef for 30 years, and I always had hobbies like brewing beer and stuff like that," Hall said. "I had heard about roasting your own coffee — you could buy a little home roaster — so I bought one and started to play with it."
Hall took his roaster and coffee to work for a meeting and served his coffee for the chief executive officer of the company. His CEO loved the taste of the freshly roasted and brewed coffee so much that he asked if Hall could continue to bring his coffee to their meetings.
"I knew, eventually I wanted to go into business for myself and I didn't really want to own a restaurant," he said.
Hall soon started to sell his java at the farmers market in Oro Valley, to people buying and selling. He knew he had found his niche.
"Why people don't roast is it's a big investment," Hall said.
Ten years ago, his roaster cost about $8,000. Today, he said, a similar one would run close to $10,000.
He'd invested time and money into the coffee roasting and brewing practice, then was approached by people at Oro Valley Hospital and asked if he would be interested in opening a coffee shop.
"They had had my coffee at the farmers market, and really liked it," Hall said. "They asked me if I was interested. They had a space available and in July, it will be four years."
To create a desirable coffee didn't come naturally. Hall received some of his training at a National Specialty Coffee of America annual four-day seminar with training classes. There, roasters learn proper bean blending, explaining what beans compliment others. Training also consists of proper roaster care, along with the best way and locations to buy beans.
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"He is still on the ventilator but he is stable," Naresh Gujral, a Rajya Sabha member from the Shiromani Akali Dal, said. "The doctors are hoping for the best and we are all praying for his well-being."
Earlier on Monday, doctors had described the former prime minister's condition as "very critical".
"He is very critical, medicines are not showing much effect, good wishes can help him better," a senior medical consultant, who did not wish to be named, said.
Mr Gujral, 93, was admitted to the Medicity Medanta Hospital here with a lung infection on November 19.
Another senior consultant at the hospital termed Mr Gujral's condition "critical but stable".
"The condition of the former prime minister is critical but stable and changing minute by minute," admitted the consultant, also speaking on the condition of anonymity.
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Fix Version/s: 2.0
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LockableFileWriter fails to report lock file deletion failure - it calls lockFile.delete() several times but fails to check the return code.
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OK I see you updated the JavaDoc:
so resolving this as FIXED(again!)
The problem with ignoring the deletion failure is that the stale lock file may be detected until much later when an attempt to lock a file fails unexpectedly.
The exception does give the name of the lockFile, but it could be difficult to determine where it was created, and indeed whether it is still in use.
Not sure how best to solve this.
In the meantime, I propose to update the Javadoc to mention that the lock file could theoretically be left behind after close or on init failure.
OK I've applied the patch I suggested and renamed this ticket to reflect that change.
lockFile.delete() is called three times. Two of those are in the initWriter() method, trying to clean up when an exception is thrown. I assume you mean by "report" to throw an exception - but that would hide the underlying exception that is re-thrown later. In fact I think we should use the FileUtils.deleteQuietly() method here to avoid that (attaching a patch for that).
The other time is in the close() method. We could throw an exception here, but I'm not sure about that - since although it is a failure it has done its job.
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The Effects of Direct Foreign Investment on Local Communities
The large increase in direct foreign investment (DFI) into the United States in the late 1980s has generated considerable research on why these flows occurred and where these foreign firms located. However, very little has been done to evaluate the impact these foreign firms have on the local communities in which they locate. As a first step in addressing this topic, we use detailed county-level panel data from South Carolina across 5 year intervals from 1980 through 1995 to investigate the effect of foreign manufacturing firms on local labor markets and on the level and distribution of local government budgets. We find that manufacturing employment by foreign firms has a substantial impact on industry wages and county budgets which is significantly different from domestic manufacturing employment. With respect to wages, we find that while increased manufacturing employment generally increases county wages in an average two-digit industry, this effect is more than seven times larger when the employment growth comes from a foreign firm, rather than a domestic one. On the budget side, we find that foreign employment leads to larger declines in per capita revenues and expenditures at the county level, and to significant redistribution of county expenditures away from public school funding and toward transportation and public safety.
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Rob Douglas: Aurora and concealed handguns
July 26, 2012
The killing of 12 and wounding of 58 moviegoers in Aurora by alleged gunman James Holmes has reignited the debate about gun control — including whether citizens should be able to carry concealed handguns. The debate should be put to rest. After all, if a man won't abide by the laws against murder, he won't abide by gun control laws.
In the past 30 years, the overwhelming majority of states, including Colorado, have legalized the carrying of concealed handguns. Currently, the legislative trend is toward further reduction of existing state restrictions on concealed handgun permits and increased permit reciprocity between the states.
To date, more than 6 million Americans have availed themselves of their right to carry a concealed handgun. As expected after an incident like the Aurora mass shooting, there will be an increase in the number of Americans purchasing weapons and seeking permits to carry guns.
Carrying a gun brings a tremendous responsibility — the responsibility to assure yourself that you have the maturity and competence to be in possession of a deadly tool. Make no mistake, a handgun is a deadly self-defense tool and one that I carried for a number of years during my career as a private detective.
From the day I decided to carry a gun, I set personal ground rules that went beyond what the law required to obtain a concealed handgun permit. I followed the rules until the day I stopped carrying a weapon. Those rules included but were not limited to:
■ At the outset, three months of weekly gunfight training with a combat firearms instructor
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■ After the first three months, monthly range shooting and quarterly gunfight training
■ Keeping the gun completely concealed at all times
■ Never informing anyone that I was armed
■ Never consuming alcohol while carrying a gun
■ Storing all guns appropriately at home or work
My self-imposed rules are not unique among those who routinely carry guns. Most everyone who carries a deadly weapon quickly realizes doing so is a responsibility and, indeed, a burden. There never was a moment that it wasn't in the back of my mind that I was armed.
On more than one occasion I walked away from situations that, had I not been carrying a gun, I might have allowed myself to engage in a confrontation. Twice, I was physically assaulted while working. During those fights, my paramount concern was ensuring that my gun remained holstered and concealed so the assailant wouldn't attempt to grab it.
If you're considering obtaining a concealed handgun permit because of the events in Aurora, wait a month. Let the emotion of the moment pass. Then, do an honest appraisal of your need for a concealed weapon. Be forthright with yourself about whether you will invest the time and training needed to carry a gun competently and responsibly.
If you decide to move forward in the permit process, enroll in a firearms training class that goes beyond what is required for the gun permit. Find the best instructor you can. Go shoot. Shoot a lot. Shoot under every conceivable circumstance. Get to know your gun like the back of your hand.
After you receive your permit and you are carrying your weapon, keep training. If you stop training for more than several months, stop carrying your weapon. You owe it to yourself. More important, you owe it to those around you should the day come that you must employ your weapon in self-defense.
Bottom line: With few exceptions, law-abiding Americans have the right to carry concealed handguns for self-defense. The Aurora massacre won't change that reality, nor should it. But, the right to carry a concealed handgun brings the responsibility to train in the proper use and handling of that deadly weapon.
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KYZYL, Russia, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Throat singer Kongar-ol Ondar, known for his ability to sing two notes at the same time, died in his native Russian republic of Tuva, a friend said. He was 51.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
One-sided political junkie
You see, I can't quite stomach watching the GOP convention. Alison has done a great job of detailing yesterday's events, and I'll thank her publicly for that. Oh, and my husband writes notes and leaves them on the laptop, so I don't miss anything. Last night he wrote that Ryan is pro-Romney and anti-Obama. And Ryan "also went into some detail in describing that he is pro-Ryan." Heh.
(Aside: Back in the old days, knitters got together online in a Yahoo group called the Knitlist. That's how I first "met" Alison. I quit reading the Knitlist a few years ago and lost track of quite a few members who are suddenly popping up as friends of my Democrat Facebook friends. I'm loving this small world, connected by invisible threads.)
When the Washington Post – not exactly a liberal mouthpiece – publishes a fact-checking piece on Ryan's speech, well, that says a lot. More than I can say, especially since I haven't done any research. Because Alison did it for me.
A friend stopped by yesterday who is as left of the salad fork as I am, and between the two of us we've solved all the problems of the world. What we haven't figured out is how any Republican woman can vote for the Republican ticket this year.
Republicans have been taken over by the well-financed Astro-turf Tea Party Rethuglicans. The current batch of GOP candidates are nothing like the moderate Republicans who actually worked with their colleagues to govern. We should have known things wouldn't go well when Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated after President Obama's victory that "Our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny President Obama a second term."
Here's the GOP in a four-minute nutshell, courtesy of Will McAvoy, Alan Sorkin's fictional anchor on the HBO series The Newsroom. There are longer pieces out there in which McAvoy identifies himself as a registered Republican. In this clip he's explaining how his party has changed:
I will work as hard as I know how to re-elect President Obama. I think our country is in grave danger if Republicans win. We need to re-elect President Obama and hand him a Democratic-controlled Congress, and we need to bring back some sanity to the political process.
Countries fail. The GOP seems to be hellbent on making the United States one of them. And those who will lose the most are women. I can't let that happen. My granddaughters deserve more. And so do yours.
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- AlisonH said...
Preach it, sister!
It horrifies my personal pride that someone who claims my religion in public acts as dishonest as Romney does. And why is it not all over the news that a Washington Post reporter got Ryan to admit that even though his Roadmap got voted on numerous times in the House, he had not once, not even yet, run the numbers to see if they actually worked? It was all based on a bluff and he knew it. He still knows it. He still pushes it.
And the claim of gutting work to welfare, when they know full well that Obama responded to Republican governors who wanted permission to tweak the program to get people to work faster. And they if put in charge would do what differently, exactly?
- August 30, 2012 at 12:58 PM
- denise said...
I have been actually watching the 10pm primetime coverage of the convention - very unusual for me, as I don't take a lot of interest in such things typically.
It's been disturbing to watch, but figured I owed it to myself to hear it "from the horse's mouth" so to speak so I couldn't be accused of just quoting sound bites from the "liberal media" etc.
I found it unbelievable that Christy could get up there and say with a straight face that once the republicans were in office they would foster an environment of cooperation between parties etc. REALLY...? Then why couldn't they foster that over the last 4 years. UGH!
Paul Ryan had an annoying habit of doing a sort of semi-clearing of his throat every time he paused for applause. I found his medicare remarks to be disingenuous. I'm tired of the criticism of "Obamacare" for "taking" $760B from Medicare when it is savings over time, not money taken away. Of course, any good republican would tell me that I'm just brainwashed to believe that.
But the most disturbing thing I've seen in the last few days was an interview with Romney on the CBS evening news - last night, I think, but could have been a few days ago - where he was pressed to say how he plans to balance the budget - what would he cut.
He specifically mentioned: Repeal of "Obamacare" (of course) as a big savings, then when pushed a bit said he would do away with funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for Humanities, funding for Amtrak and funding for PBS.
When the reporter pointed out that these 4 cuts would be but a drop in the bucket and pushed a little harder, he admitted he would take Medicaid and food stamps out of the federal budget and give them back to the states...yeah, if the feds can't afford it, I'm sure that states can take it over - no problem. So maybe our federal taxes go down (maybe), but state taxes would either go up or a lot of people would be SOL.
It's all looking ugly. There's no sign that if Obama gets reelected that there would be any more cooperation than he's had so far. The whole republican thing appears to be a "my way or the highway" sort of proposition. Even though an additional term would not be at stake for Obama, I have no hope whatsoever that republicans would be cooperative in any way with programs and policies that might get us back on track if they are no in power to take the credit.
Very depressing, really...
- August 30, 2012 at 3:29 PM
- Debbi said...
Denise you have expressed EXACTLY why we not only need to re-elect President Obama but also give him a Congress who will work with him. It couldn't be more important. We're very hopeful here in WV that we can unseat one or both of the GOP seats in Congress.
Thanks for watching ... I would have ended up throwing something at the television, probably. Thanks for your analysis, too. Between your comment and my husband's little handwritten notes about the proceedings, I feel fairly well-informed.
Facebook has been all about Fox News calling Ryan's speech "dazzling, deceiving and distracting." When Fox calls you out, you know you've been bad. (Well, except Ryan's probably too narcissistic to think he's done anything wrong.)
- August 30, 2012 at 3:37 PM
- Winnie said...
Debbi: I was having a talk with hubby last night who used to be a big political junky and I was surprised he wasn't watching the convention to critique it etc. .He got a book, and sat up and said he would break the tv...he said he would catch up on it in print tomorrow... safer for the tv.
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There have been many memorable Susannas, Ilias and Paminas in the history of opera, but for those of us who heard the young Dawn Upshaw in these roles, it's impossible to think of them without conjuring up her inimitable sound, with its blend of bright soubrette sparkle and rich human depth; its intense sweetness tinged with surprising pungency; its pristine clarity rendered as multifaceted as cut crystal by the thoughtful musical intelligence that guides it.
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In truth I know little about them; I know that they hail from a small Alabama town named Athens, that they are, quite remarkably, unsigned, and that their music, a deep earthy pit of blues and soul and swamp, is the sort of stuff that honeys the soul and puts fire in the loins.
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I've always loved music's ability to swallow distance this way; to concertina all the land between my living room and a venue in Chattanooga into something small enough to hold. I sit, some days, listening to music on the internet – music out of Alabama or Kenya or Brazil, and I think of how it must have felt once, in the early days, to find a record by your new favourite band in your local shop, to know it had travelled all the way from Memphis to Liverpool, say.
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When you've sold as many albums as Madonna has, you can get away with a few things. But texting during a movie is apparently not one of them.
The Material Girl was reportedly texting while attending a screening of 12 Years A Slave at the New York Film Festival. After letting her get away with it for a moment, the New York Post's Page Six reports that an audience member told "a blonde in black lace gloves" to cut it out.
Well, nobody, especially some pesky moviegoer, tells Madge what to do. "It's for business . . . enslaver!" came the Queen of Pop's response.
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League later said on Twitter that his ban is "just a joke," but added: "Madonna, however entitled she feels she is, is unbearably rude to others around her by texting in a theatre."
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