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5 non-lethal ammo types
There are a couple of different philosophies regarding how to handle a home intruder. One is shoot to kill, no questions asked. The thought here is that if an uninvited person is in my home at 2 a.m., I have to assume that he is there to rob me at the very least and very possibly to abduct, rape or kill my family members. Therefore, this person has already forfeited his rights to a fair beat down, and I'm not going to waste my sympathy on a home intruder who is killed in the act.
The other philosophy is, I don't want to kill anyone, even a burglar. If I use lethal force, there's no undoing it. If I find out later that the person was mentally handicapped and had no idea where he was or what he was doing, I can't bring him back to life again. Same for an unarmed teenager who was badly influenced by his peers. And if, God forbid, one of my bullets misses the mark, passes through a wall and hits my wife or one of my kids, I could never forgive myself.
Check out this discussion including information on non-lethal ammo that might take down an intruder without resulting in his family making funeral arrangements.
Probably the best reason to use live ammo rather than non-lethal ammo is because you might end up further infuriating an intruder rather than incapacitating him. But if you live with family members and aren't too crazy about bullets penetrating walls and interior doors, non-lethal ammo may be the best option for you. If that's what you decide to go with, here are five possibilities for you:
- Rubber bullets – Won't penetrate the skin, but will leave nasty welts that will require medical attention.
- Wax bullets – These could penetrate the skin at close range or if they strike a sensitive body part.
- Plastic bullets – Used by police for riot control. Also used for target practice.
- Electric bullets – Metal or rubber bullets that release an electrical charge when they hit a target, much like a Taser or other shock weapon.
- Bean Bag Rounds – Designed to incapacitate the target and leave large welts but not penetrate the skin.
What kind of experience do you have with non-lethal bullets? Have they been effective at incapacitating a target or have they only made the situation worse? Would you even consider using non-lethal bullets against a home invader? Would love to hear from you on this subject.
Les Siegel Reply
I have read all those comments, but I noticed not one asked the question are you capable of pulling the trigger when someone is looking at you? If not you shoud not have a gun available as you are putting your own life in danger as wll as anyone in the house. Pulling that trigger for the first time is the hardest thing you can do. Afterwards you will have to live with it. Just remember it is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
Thomas Buyea Reply
I had an idea for a hard rubber bullet that had a needle sticking out the front that would hit hard and hurt making the perp think he was shot and it would also inject one or two types of chemicals one that would cause extreme pain like snake venom and the second one that was a very strong tranquilizer and hopefully render the perp unconscious.
Of course in a revolver at least you could have the first two like this then the rest real bullets.
jUSTacOUNTRYbOY Reply
Your choice, first and perhasps second round non lethal but needs to do more than just make a welt. You just might piss the intruder off and make them angrier and more wild. Third round onward deadly. Close quarters I'd suggest hollow points if nopt a shotgun unless you live in a dumbazz state like New Jersey where the last I checked hollow points were illegal. How stupid is that?
Do what you are capeable to do.
Calling 911 is not a option.
I have many weapons and most are locked in a safe, however I also have two weapons hidden in the house ready to use if necessary . Believe me I hope & pray I never have to use them to defend my family or myself, but believe this also I would use deadly force if someone breaks into my home. They are entering the house to rob, rape or kill not play !!!
An intruder(burglar) that breaks into a residence when someone is at home, is different than one who breaks into an unoccupied residence. He is a dangerous person, not afraid of confrontation or of harming you and your family. Don't be afraid to use deadly physical force in this occasion,when you are in fear of your life or that a a loved one. P.D. Retired
Thou Shalt not kill ! No one in their right mind wants to kill ! Unless you are absolutely sure you have too and I can tell you,you have no time once in this position unless you have a backup.to cover you while perhaps reloading or repositioning yourself or covering for another?. If you are alone and involved in a gangland situation you know your situation and WHY ! However if you live in a situation as we do today,with the threat of Breakins and confiscation of your property. You better believe that is the Enemy. Never before has the United States Government come this far in putting the citizens of America in this situation. Robbery, YES the Carpetbaggers stretched the law. Most of us know we have been robbed continually by government ! Now they want to use Weapons and more than guns if they have too. When they do, We the people forgot or do not realize we the people are the government. Our second Amendment gives us the right to Arms to protect our family and lives. they the intruder now become the enemy. We have the right to kill all who have intent to destroy us in any way. So they come in force to overwhelm us and kill us if need be to satisfy their Satistic Desire. I personally will fight to the death ! As for my country and if they knowing they have every means to use to kill me, will do just that but I know where I am going after Death ! I will live even after Death ! You will find me at Bay Pines Cemetary or Bushnell? PS I will take out all that I am able too. ……Felix
Actually, the translation to English is not accurate. The accurate phrasing is THOU SHALT NOT MURDER. There is a big difference. Killing in self defense is not murder. Killing and the unborn is murder. I'd suggest looking up more on this issue.
This is the first blog I have read getting responses from mostly folks not trained in firearm usage. Great to see the comments from that viewpoint. Obviously not biased for or against guns. Our kids started shooting at age 5 and have never stopped. All have carry permits and carry. Apartment protected by ADT is great. But, remember, when seconds count, police are just minutes away.
Police MAY be minutes away depending on where you live. It's a good idea to know the size of your police force on active duty and the size of the community they protect.
Is there truly a non-lethal round fired from a firearm? I am not asking for information, I am asking for deeper thought. A lot depends on the range from the firearm. Even blanks can kill at close range (remember the actor Jon-Erik Hexum killed 30 yrs ago). Plastic bullets can certainly be lethal at close range under the right (or wrong) circumstances. Bean bag rounds, especially from a shotgun at close range, can provide enough force to cause lethal injuries from cardiac dysrhythmias. And what is the legal take on shooting someone with a "non-lethal round"? A prosecutor might argue that there is questionable fear for one's life if you do not feel the need to possibly kill the attacker/intruder. Indeed, shooting someone at all is hard to justify in my mind, unless there is truly a valid concern for the safety of self or another individual. The legal defense is of course to stop the attack; but if there is no attack, or significant threat thereof, any shooting may not be defensible. Castle Doctrine in many states does allow the owner/occupant to protect against an intruder, but is not a blanket of all protection. And it will have no protection against a civil suit. My personal philosophy is this. For concealed carry or at home I keep a good, commercially loaded self defense manstopper like Hydra-Shok, Golden Saber, Critical Defense, etc. If I feel the need to shoot, it will be for keeps. An intruder at home gets the option to leave by the closest exit, being advised of such, as well as being told the police are enroute (cell phone kept by the gun) and that I am armed. A move in any other direction is considered a threat and treated accordingly.
I do not advocate telling intruder you are armed. That may make him start shooting at you. In my home he will hear safety drop then nothing as Hydrashok hits him. I do not believe that such d bag deserves a warning.
A great app for a phone would be a sound app that sounds like a gun or a shotgun being cocked. You should have a gun(s) as well, but if it is out of reach this might buy you some time in the appropriate situation, especially if the intruder knows you are home. You have to make that decision quickly. Of course you must run these scenarios through your mind over and over again. It is very hard to react to pressure and terror like this without training, training, training. There is no one scenario to play out, you must be flexible on the fly and confidence in that training helps. Even to the point of knowing if and when to bail if the intruder seems to have gotten the drop on you. If you have a family all bail bets are off unless you can pin the intruder down to allow for escape iun any way. Make sure others know to call 911, you will probably be otherwise engaged. Two or more of you with firearms (and trained) make the odds overwhelming for that perp! Of course that training will teach you not to get in each other's way.
Why isn't anybody talking about powder activated Pepper spray double barrel pistol available from Kimber Mfg. non-lethal is my best choice. It shoots a 5 ft' circle of pepper spray at 19 ft. This is not a squirt gun, it's fast and will penetrate even a ski mask. anyway check it out they have two models, one two shot disposable, the other has replaceable double barrels, anyway check out their web site for more information. I own both models.
Raid wasp and hornet killer shoots a more accurate stream a greater distance than most pepper sprays and has more uses. It does cause permanent blindness in some cases. A 32 oz Louisville slugger in full swing has lots of wallop also but is hard to conceal and requires you to be closer to your attacker.
Incapacitate first, then if you find out they are a 'liberal'-FINISH THEM OFF!
The correct approach is shoot to stop. This is what Frontsight teaches. Too many of these comments sound like "oh good I get to shoot someone."
many years ago i bought a 20 ga and cut off down to leagle lenth // i think it's a good house gun // not much for hunting but i've never had to use it
I believe that the entire concept of non-lethal rounds for a private citizen defending themselves, and their loved ones is totally bogus!
I love the comment above: "I would not want to be caught using non-lethal force and find they were packing lethal force."
If someone is found in your house uninvited, they are by definition "up to no good" and as far as I am concerned (as-well-as the law in every state I know of in the United States of America) one, being "in fear for their life (or the life of their family)" has every right (and I would daresay responsibility) to shoot to kill.
In this situation (even if someone feinted confusion, mental illness or being lost) you have no idea if that is the case or not, but chances are you came upon them unexpectedly after they broke in and they are "playing you for a sucker" until they can compromise your defensive/combat advantage by attempting to maneuver you into a position where their friends, who broke in with them, can disarm & defeat (read kill) you.
You are your family's best first and last defense. Never compromise that defense by even considering "non-lethal" rounds in a home invasion situation – what on earth are you thinking?
Also, if you are not committed to using "deadly lethal force" to defend yourself or your loved ones, then you should certainly never have a firearm in the house in the first place!
If you are concerned about your aim, then practice, practice, practice until you are proficient, and if your wife is your backup, make sure that she shares your responsible attitude and knows how to shoot too. There are training facilities such as Front Sight that can help you in this regard.
If you are concerned about the bullet going through walls to injure a family member, then there are projectiles (such as a glaser safety slug, etc.) that can be used for this, however, standard combat ammunition (Federal Hydra-Shok, Federal HST, Hornady Critical Defense, etc.) should be suitable for your home defense needs.
I raised a child and had firearms in the house as my father did with me. So having children is no excuse whatsoever in leaving yourself vulnerable and undefended. There are modern quality biometric safes (not my favorite, but they work) that can be used to safeguard loaded firearms from prying fingers, however, we didn't have any such thing in my family when I grew up (and neither did my child), and believe me, accessing dad's firearms without permission was never, ever an option (even though I knew where both the gun and the ammunition were at all times from as early as I can remember).
In regards to the person's comment regarding being okay with a slingshot or bow & arrow, but not with a firearm, I will say this: "killing in an act of self-defense is killing, no matter how it is done." There is a saying, "don't take a knife to a gun fight." Again, if you are defending either your life or the life of those you love, whom you are the protector for, why would you choose a "weapon of lesser choice." This reminds me of the introduction of (I believe) Scary Movie 3 where the blonde bimbet selects a banana as a weapon and chooses certain death instead of life. I recommend that you re-assess your values in this regard if you have others relying on you for their protection. If it is just you, well, then that is your choice.
A final comment, remember that a handgun (although convenient for concealability, ease of carry, and its advantage in confined spaces) is also the puniest firearm on the planet, and one's defense (coupled with a strong light to turn darkness into light) is not relegated to something such as this. In close-quarters defense (especially for those who have not mastered a pistol), a shotgun (or other long-gun) may be a better choice, depending on one's training and comfort level.
I live in the country, in NY State, where handguns are as easy to get as hen's teeth. While walking in the woods, I encountered a man with a handgun. He pointed it at me and told me to "Get down and don't scream". Luckily, I had let my Golden Retriever accompany me off leash. He'd been in the brush, sniffing out a bird. He heard my scream and ran from the brush, attacked the gunman, and I grabbed the handgun which had fallen when the dog bit onto his arm. I aimed the gun, fired once at the attacker's belt, wiped the gun, tossed it beside the gunman and ran to call the cops. I told them that I had found this man in the woods, obviously injured. I was questioned, but never charged. The man was a known rapist, out on parole. He was arrested for parole violation and sent back to complete the last 10 yrs. of a 20 year sentence.
I may be wrong but I understand that several state, New York and New Jersey come to mind require you to attempt to retreat from your home before using deadly force.
Not in PA. It's called the Castle Doctrine. No one ousts me from my home. That's total liberal dreamy cosmic muffin BS.
VERY GOOD points about lessons in responsibility. Also the mention of having a shotgun is worth remembering–sometimes the sound alone might give an intruder a second thought, but stay vigilant and take nothing for granted. Thank you!
I have the judge, it goes with 45 colt or 4/10. First round is 7 1/2 target shot 4/10, second is #6, third is 000, forth is a1/8 oz slug, last is a 45 colt. The first two will hurt a lot but won't kill. The spread on the small shot is about 8 feet at 12 feet distance.
Given a choice the .45 Colt would be my first preference. I have seen it stop a 300 pound wild hog in it's tracks.
I feel, if someone breaks into your home, You have the right to protect yourself with any means available. I have a lot of weapons at home. I myself am a weapon. If you are a survivor, you need to be ready with anything and be able to turn anything into a weapon. The kitchen is great for weapons. If you keep a 22″ machete near, That is an excellent weapon. If someone breaks into your house and you chop them across the neck with your machete. That will most likely stop almost anybody. If you cut off there arm and chop the neck they will probably die within 5 mins. I'm a survivor, I will do anything necessary to save my family and my life, that's how you should be. If the stores stop selling food what will you expect from your neighbors? They will turn into Zombies. I have seen people turn into Zombies and it's not good to see. That's why you have to also be drastic If you want to survive. I am not recommend anything to anybody nor am I telling anybody to do anything. But when the SHTF, I will be a survivor. I think people have to do what ever it takes if you want to be a survivor. If i sound drastic i'm sorry, but just think about the worst scenario and what would you do? Just imagine total chaos, No police, no phone, just people coming to steel anything and everything you have, That's you or them? When you find your answer, I might not be so Drastic.
Dan Reply
I do not to think of myself as a survivor, someone who is attacked and lives but is paralyzed for life is a survivor. I am a victor who WILL do what is necessary to not survive but be victorious and protect both my families and my own life.
A paint ball gun can overwhelm an intruder. Some can fire up to 100 or more shots very quickly. It would be nice if you could get paint balls containing something more painful to the intruder than just paint. Even a vital dye to mark him for a few days like banks use. A sticky substance that turns into something like spider web… open to ideas..
The Feral Government has pepper spray paint balls, but they are much too expensive for mere peons to obtain.
Erik Warren Reply
Freeze some paintballs
Huh? Are you going to retrieve them from the fridge during attack? They don't stay frozen long in the chamber.
OC paint balls are available to law enforcement.
I would not want to be caught using non-lethal force and find they were packing lethal force.
A&W Reply
That's a good point!
EXCELLENT point!!!
I am a senior with health issues. I live alone, except for 2 cats and 1 little and 1medium sized dog. She will on command go for what is between a man's legs if he were to attack me. She is my security system. However, i do own a Glock 19 and I am a very good shot. I'm not afraid to use it.
Makr sure you are good at shooting between the legs as well. Nothing like denutification by flying round. Problematic if your intruder is a female, but similar effect. If you've got a bead on that area, folks do not like to lose their pleasure equipment. Best done with a shotgun, your choice of shot, bag, etc.
I really didn't know you could get non lethal ammo, but that's what I'm doin also, as the gentleman said he does, first round, non l eathal, if I fire again! Well that's all folks!!
I have used bird shot as my first round for years. My wife keeps bird shot in hers when walking the dog. She has had to use it more than once when coming across a snake, which does happen out here in the desert once in a great while.
I have a 6 year old son in my home so right now a loaded firearm is not an option. I do have other lethal and non-lethal means of dealing with intruders though. I wouldn't advise anyone living in Southern California of shooting an intruder though. I made that mistake back in 1974 when a known rapist kicked my front door off the hinges and entered my apartment with the intent of raping my wife before killing her, the guy told me this just before I gave him both barrels of 12GA 3″ magnum 00 buckshot to the mid section. I thought "end of problem". The cops arrested me for 1ST degree murder. I was tried and the jury found me not guilty and I left the state a month later. I have been back for visits because my dad still lives there but I won't live there again!
Cops are usually much more dangerous than any criminal.
Call 911 and get a armed psychopath delivered to your door.
That's quite a generalization— perhaps based on your experience and most unfortunate. There are good apples and bad apples on every tree, MOSTLY GOOD. We always find what we're looking for.
Sorry but you break into my house and i have the chance you are going to pay the ultimate price me and my family always come first 2 always loaded guns and family knows how to use them
I live in an apartment by myself with only one door and a patio window. The patio window is locked and protected by ADT as well as the front door. I have a 90 grain bullets that are frarmented for my 9mm handgun. That means they do not expand until they come into contact with soft tissue. If they hit a wall or other obstruction, they fragment into pieces. They will not richochet. I would hate to kill or maim a person, but if it comes down to my life against theirs, I will shoot to protect my life. It would be nice to be able to read an intruder's mind to tell if they are mentally incapable and do not know where they are or if the intruder is a person bent on violence towards whomever is in the home. I will always shoot to protect my life. If you don't, you are just digging a grave for yourself.
WOW!! I have learned so much here!! I have been reading f some of these aloud to my older children. It has been our concern how to stay protected but not leave a loaded weapon around; we have small boys in the home, so this is a real concern. I likely will sound stupid, but… Better to ask a dumb question then not to ask at all, so here goes…. 1) What is the best way of keeping fire arms handy for our safety, 2) How do our children protect themselves, 3) How do we have the fire arms there, with easy access, without having them also easily accessible to the 'bad guy', 4) How to we protect our family with loaded fire arms or weapons with ammo in close proximity, without undo danger of little boys playing and possibly getting their hands on them and hurting themselves or others, 5) What is the rule if our children do shoot someone else- a. In playing OR b. In defending our home(one of our older teens)?? We have USCCA, does that cover only the adults or does that cover children as well; not to sound less informed, but… My his husband purchased the membership, does it correctly cover both of us, as husband & wife? Does it cover out he, as in if there was another adult in our home, when we were not home, & they were responsible for our children & the home, would they be covered under our policy? OR could we still end up liable?? Please advise, if you know the legally accurate answer. Thank you for anyone who can answer the other above questions??
Frank Bates Reply
Melanie. I don't truck with uninformed persons having access to guns – no matter what the age. If you want to have guns in your home (even unloaded and locked in a cabinet) your children (and YOU) need to have full firearm training. I would recommend even to the competitive level. You want to kids to think of the guns as a tool and not as a shiney symbol of power. I also believe that until their brains are fully developed (between age 18-20) that children *cannot* make sound choices about using lethal force. They can. not. do it. OK?
Also you are paying good money for that Concealed Carry, aren't you? They owe you a full and clear explanation of what you are paying for. Do not be too intimidated to demand a full understanding of your purchase straight from them.
Professional training for everyone is always the best start. Not only will everyone learn to properly handle firearms, but also to store them. In addition, it is a great family event that all seem to love participating in.
I love the idea of families doing this together for so many reasons, and competitions really level up the fun. Few things I have done for my family have been so worthwhile and brought us closer. Now training grandkids and they are having a blast while learning how to safely and properly being around firearms. 8 year old especially likes her pink Savage 22!
Melanie, couple of suggestions for you. When my children were young I kept a Remington 870 12 ga with a magazine extension with the magazine loaded so all that was necessary was to pump it once, an unmistakable sound. I also kept my 1911 .45 auto with a loaded magazine but no round in the chamber. Small fingers and hands could not rack the slide to chamber a round but I could. The shotgun saved my ass the night a parolee with a stolen .38 tried to kill me cause I interrupted his robbery of my neighbors. For a shotgun you might find a 20 ga effective with less recoil. As for a pistol, I like 1911 .45s but they require lots of practice to use effectively and safely. The "slide Rack" drill works on any semiauto handgun, the larger the caliber the stiffer the action, as a general rule. I recommend avoiding trigger locks cause I do not want to be frantically searching for the key while some thug is beating down my front door. There are several small pistol safes on the market with biometric palm sensors that might fit your needs. I keep shotgun in closet and .45 on nightstand. .45 is my carry gun and is always has round chambered, the original point and click interface. Here in Texas person who allows child or mentally incompetent to achieve access to a firearm and harm someone can and will be charged with said crime. I hope
Melanie, I hope I passed some useful information on to you. Whatever direction you take they all require practice and lots of it. I was raised by an old paratrooper and guns were a part of life so my training and comfort level were from an early age. I strongly suggest you seek out professional training. I teach that the first rule of a gunfight is do not get in one. Second rule is bring your head, your brain is your deadliest weapon. Also, I do not shoot to kill. I shoot so my family and I can stay alive. Good luck
Galveston Reply
Melanie, and others: How to keep children safe with a handgun available? Simple. Have a semi-auto handgun of at least 380 cal. Load the clip but DO NOT chamber a round. A small child does not have enough strength to rack a round into the chamber.
My 9 mm is too difficult to for my adult daughter to rack.
It would be great if you could get links to the vendors or manufacturers of the 5 non-lethal loads described which show the effects of each of their products much the same way we see the effects of a live taser test.
I saw an x-ray of a Palestinian youth hit in the head with a rubber bullet. It stopped against the back of his skull after passing through the brain, in his case non lethal was lethal.
Another consideration is "Snake Load". Basically, a round with bird shot in a plastic slug. Not really an option for most semi-autos but great in a revolver. I can pop that first round into a wall, the floor or the intruder without concern for collateral damage – no penetrating power. My second round is lethal. It is very unlikely that a BB will hit anywhere that could cause a lethal result.
Mo Better Reply
I would be careful about spreading the myth about wasp spray. Some studies have shown that it is not as an effective incapicatant as OC (Oleeocapsicum)pepper spray. I'd trust my personal protection to something like "Inferno" over wasp spray any day.
I trust my personal protection to John Browning and the 1911 of his design.
For my own personal reasons, I do not own a firearm. However, I have no problem with a crossbow or a wrist rocket.
A wrist rocket with a scattering of hex nuts can be very painful. If you aim for the face, it can do nasty non lethal damage.
William Walker Reply
Sorry buy you won't stop an intruder with a slingshot I the middle of the night when it's dark
where would one acquire such ammonition?
Ryte necks-door to the skool that teeches speling!!! ;o)
i have both the first round is non lethal but # 2 you are dead in my revolver and in my shotgun if the first one doesn't stop them number two will
A second person account of lethal responce.. A coworker on coming home entering by front door surprised three men exiting by rear door stealing 2 of his 3 choppers from inside his home —grabbing a 12 ga. from wall mount by the door shot the leg off the last man out the door .. the police who responded told him if the leg had fallen outside the door he would have been arrested. his bikes were recovered from out of state . He was late for work that day…
Ordinary Joe Reply
No mention of the robbers being a threat to the life of the home owner, in fact, they were fleeing it seems. My state is gun friendly and politically conservative, but from those facts, you would be charged with a crime and face a civil suit, not use deadly force over property alone or shoot fleeing crooks.


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Students explore how pendulums work and why they are useful in everyday applications. In a hands-on activity, they experiment with string length, pendulum weight and angle of release. In an associated literacy activity, students explore the mechanical concept of rhythm, based on the principle of oscillation, in a broader biological and cultural context — in dance and sports, poetry and other literary forms, and communication in general.
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Learning Objectives
- Explain how weight, length and angle of swing affect the period of a pendulum.
- Understand that it was the study of physics and Galileo's experiments with pendulums that made clocks possible.
- Understand how the conservation of momentum relates to pendulums.
- Give examples of how engineers use pendulums.
Lesson Background and Concepts for Teachers
|The swinging weight at the end of a pendulum.
|The force that attracts bodies toward the center of the Earth.
|The back and forth swinging motion of the bob of a pendulum. One oscillation is complete when the bob returns to its starting position.
|A string with a weight at one end suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity.
|The amount of time it takes the bob of a pendulum to return to its initial position.
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- Swing in Time - In this hands-on activity, student learn how pendulums work by using simple, hand-made pendulums to experiment with various string lengths and weights.
- Cosmic Rhythm - Students explore the mechanical concept of rhythm, based on the principle of oscillation, in a broader biological and cultural context — in dance and sports, poetry and other literary forms, and communication in general. As part of the activity, students write poems using rhyme and meter.
Lesson Closure
Pre-Lesson Assessment
- Have you ever swung on a swing? Do you go faster when you're making big swings or small swings? (Answer: Big swings.) Have you ever observed a pendulum? Which is faster: a pendulum on a long string, or a pendulum on a short string? (Answer: Long string.) Can you think of things that move like pendulums? (Possible answers: Swings on swing sets, a rope swing, a tire swing, a grandfather clock, balancing mechanisms on robots, a circus trapeze, etc.) Tell students they will learn more about pendulums in today's lesson.
Post-Introduction Assessment
- True or False: Because he did experiments, Galileo is considered a founder of modern science. (Answer: True)
- True or False: The motion of a pendulum can be described with mathematics. (Answer: True)
- True or False: Pendulums are only used in clocks. (Answer: False)
- True or False: Pendulums help us understanding a lot of things that move in back and forth motion. (Answer: True)
- True or False: Engineers use pendulums to design different things, such as robots. (Answer: True)
Lesson Summary Assessment
Lesson Extension Activities
Galileo's Battle for the Heavens, NOVA programming on air and online, February 2004: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/.
Galileo's Pendulum Experiments, The Experiment Group, February 2004: http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/instruments/pendulum.html.
Gamow, George. The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein. New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1961.
Gittewitt, Paul. Conceptual Physics. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley, 1992.
Inclined Plane, Tel-Aviv University, Virtual Museum of Science, Technology and Culture, February 2004: http://muse.tau.ac.il/museum/galileo/inclined_plane.html.
Wolfson, Richard and Jay M. Pasachoff. Physics: For Scientists and Engineers. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Longman Inc., 1999.
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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has elected its slate of 2013 officers.
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Avon Products, Inc. (AVP)
Q4 2009 Earnings Call
February 4, 2010 9:00 am ET
Andrea Jung – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Charles W. Cramb – Vice Chairman, Chief Finance & Strategy Officer
Christopher Ferrara – Bank of America-Merrill Lynch
Nik Modi – UBS
Lauren Lieberman – Barclays Capital
Douglas M. Lane – Jefferies & Co.
Connie Maneaty – BMO Capital
Ali Dibadj – Sanford C. Bernstein
William Schmitz – Deutsche Bank Securities
Mark Astrachan – Stifel Nicolaus
Wendy Nicholson – Citigroup
Andrew Sawyer – Goldman Sachs
Linda Bolton Weiser – Caris & Company
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» Avon Products, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
» Avon Products, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
» Avon Products Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Andrea Jung
Thank you. Good morning everybody. Welcome to Avon's fourth quarter earnings conference call. I am here today with Chuck Cramb, our Vice Chair and CFO. I just have to remind everyone to refer to the reported numbers as well as the cautionary statement in today's earnings release.
I think we finished the year very well. We are very pleased with our strong fourth quarter and what was a very good year for the company. If I just actually go back a year ago when we were on the phone with you it is just like every other company. I think we were entering 2009 facing severe macroeconomic headwinds. We were looking at major GDP declines across all of our top markets in the world. Certainly for us as a consumer company we were staring down substantial consumer contraction. Then obviously for Avon when we look at the currency movement a year ago the significant currency meltdown represented a potential $1 billion drag in revenues for the company.
We decided and I think we were pretty clear in our communications certainly with the company and with all of you that early on in the year we were going to go on the offense. We went on the offense and focused on managing what was in our control as a company. This played out really, really well. We updated our play book. We had three years of very successful progress on our turnaround sustainable growth strategy but as we entered this recessionary period we updated our recession play book that as you all know focused on Smart Value. It really focused on having one of the most intense recruiting efforts we have had in our 123 years. We took very aggressive cost actions but most importantly we just stayed the course on the turnaround plan which we felt has been working very, very well.
So that was our playbook for 2009. In a highly challenging year externally we think we delivered standout results. On the left here if you look at fourth quarter 2008 a year ago our constant dollar sales were up 2%. That was really when we began to feel the pressures of the consumer contraction and the effects of the fear out there in the marketplace and the consumer contraction.
As we got into the first quarter of 2009 we really started to implement the play book, focus on the recruiting and the Smart Value products and you can see the progression of acceleration. So 3% Q1 2009, 5% Q2, 7% Q3 and then in the quarter we reported this morning 8% for the fourth quarter this year in local currency which we just think is standout. It took us from a full-year perspective to 6% local currency sales growth, at the high end of that mid single digits in a year like this. As you can imagine we feel very proud of the revenue performance.
Beauty was even stronger. Our Smart Value program fueled this strong performance. So again from a quarterly progression point of view we were really pleased that in the first half of this year we delivered 5% in both quarters one and two in Beauty and that was outperforming peers and we felt the Smart Value program really drove that along with great innovation and strategic pricing on some of our super hits.
If you look at the back half of this year we hit an 8% sales growth in Q3 and then a pretty stellar 9% Beauty sales growth in the quarter as we closed out the year. So we ended this year with 7% local currency sales growth in our core Beauty category which by all measures is a share gaining year.
Behind this was really the volume improvement and the healthy focus upon unit growth. We ignited Beauty unit growth across every price tier which was a goal for our organization. When I look back I think it is one of our biggest accomplishments. Again, if I go back a year ago in Q4 we started to see the pressures and the contraction on unit volumes which concerned us but particularly in the Value or under $5 price points we had shifted away as we were coming out of stronger economic times in the 2007/2008 period. So that drove units down. We focused very deliberately on managing that very well through 2009.
So units grew 2% in the first quarter, 3% in the second, 6% in the third and again 5%, very healthy in the fourth quarter with most important to note units growing across not only the under $5 value segment but in the $5-10 segment as well as the $10 plus. Really healthy growth. Very balanced across the entire portfolio.
When we turn to the field dynamics this was what we were staring down when we entered 2009. So as we exited 2008 average active rep growth was 4%. The trend line was obviously in the under 5% or low single digits numbers. That was something we felt we had to reverse and we had a particular advantage as a direct selling company with all of the progress, innovation and the investments against RVP. So we went on the offense and changed that trend line. We shifted it. We were up 7% in active rep growth in the first quarter and then with a tremendous amount of investment in RVP, in advertising about recruiting as well as our sales leadership rollout. We had an 11% active rep growth in 2Q, 10% in 3Q and ended the year with a very strong 11% obviously boding very well for 2010.
We had strong active representative growth across all of our commercial business units. Double digit growth in four of them and growth of 3% in North America. Again this is very broad based. We significantly out-ran our competition. If we look again at organic Beauty revenue growth in constant dollars we talked at our October 29th investor meeting about the fact that through ¾ of the year when we had looked at performance of the major Beauty competitors we were significantly outpacing them through October.
From the reported results we have seen so far while we are very pleased on an industry basis that everybody seems to be doing a little bit better in Beauty, based on the earnings releases that have preceded ours. At 9% local currency Beauty growth we think we far outpaced the competition and this is a great year for share gains for Avon.
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The class action lawsuit against Microsoft's "Vista Capable" marketing campaign, which we first told you about in late February , got even more interesting late last week with the release of more emails between Microsoft and Intel and between HP and Microsoft.
According to a filing released Thursday (links to PDF file), the Vista Capable program originally included support for the Windows Driver Display Model (WDDM) as part of the requirement for support of core Windows features. Although OEMs such as Dell, Sony, and Fujitsu all asked for waivers from the WDDM requirement for various computer models that used Intel chipsets with integrated graphics that could not run WDDM drivers, Microsoft refused all three companies' request for waivers because of the improvements in stability and features resulting from WDDM drivers.
However, when Intel came calling on Microsoft , it was a different story. After a series of email exchanges between Intel and Microsoft, Microsoft dropped the WDDM driver requirement, enabling Intel and its OEM partners to market systems with Intel 915 integrated graphics as being "Vista Capable" - even though their integrated graphics would never support Aero Glass or be supported by a WDDM driver.
Although Sony was happy with the change, Dell was confused by the differences between Vista Capable and Vista logo PCs, and HP, which had switched to using ATI and nVIDIA-based integrated graphics that could run WDDM drivers, was furious with the change, as the change confused the differences between HP's WDDM-compatible products and other vendors' WDDM-incompatible products by labeling all of them as "Vista Capable."
Friday, more emails were released (links to PDF file), making it clear just how unhappy HP was with Microsoft's move. In one, HP's Richard Walker writes a scorching note to Microsoft's Keven Johnson and Jim Allchin:
I can't be more clear than to say you not only let us down by reneging on your commitment to stand behind the WDDM requirement, you have demonstrated a complete lack of commitment to HP as a strategic partner and cost us a lot of money in the process...I have engineers who've worked their tails off to qualify new platforms to support WDDM who are wondering why they put so much effort in when Microsoft changed the rules at the last minute and didn't even consult us before making the announcement.
As more information comes out about the "Vista Capable" fiasco, regardless of how the lawsuit is decided, one thing is clear, as I see it: a operating system logo program sticker is only as good as the requirements needed to achieve it. Here's hoping that Microsoft won't try a similar stunt with Windows 7.
On a personal note, I got lucky with my early 2006 HP notebook purchase; thanks to HP's switch to WDDM-compatible integrated graphics chipsets, I can run Windows Aero on my aging single-core laptop. However, most other laptops of similar vintage can't. What did you find out about the integrated graphics in your laptop or desktop when you tried Vista? Were you surprised to discover you couldn't run Aero? Hit Comment and tell us what happened.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Vincent Gray has appointed Deborah Carroll to be the interim director for the Department of Human Services.
The mayor announced the appointment on Monday.
Carroll has served as the administrator for the Department of Human Services Economic Security Administration since 2009. She replaces David Berns, who recently retired.
Gray says Carroll has played a leadership role in implementing DC Health Link as well as redesigning the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
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Update of /cvsroot/sbcl/sbcl/src/compiler
In directory fdv4jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com:/tmp/cvs-serv16053/src/compiler
Modified Files:
Log Message:
22.214.171.124: partial re-implementation of DIRECTORY
* Rip out !ENUMERATE-MATCHES, which insisted on walking the
directory tree from the root -- making using DIRECTORY on
UNC pathnames a losing proposition.
* New guts built on top of MAP-DIRECTORY, and it's lower level cousin
WITH-NATIVE-DIRECTORY-ITERATOR. This seems easier to understand to
me at least, and was certainly easier than trying to re-architect
!ENUMERATE-MATCHES. ...and DIRECTORY now works on UNC shares, yay!
...and a bunch of associated secondary changes:
** Rename UNIX-FILE-KIND NATIVE-FILE-KIND, and move it to
** Add functions UNIX-OPENDIR, UNIX-READDIR, UNIX-CLOSEDIR, and
UNIX-DIRENT-NAME -- later to be turned into OS-*, and possibly
moved into SB-SYS.
** *IGNORE-WILDCARDS* is no longer needed in MAYBE-MAKE-PATTERN,
kill it.
** Share UNPARSE-*-PIECE as UNPARSE-PHYSICAL-PIECE between Win32
and Unix: both have the same lisp namestring syntax for pieces,
and if a third pathname host appears it probably should too.
** Fix DEFKNOWN of DIRECTORY: RESOLVE-SYMLINKS needs to be a
keyword there.
** Kill QUICK-INTEGER-TO-STRING -- use %OUTPUT-INTEGER-IN-BASE
in GENSYM instead.
** Kill PATHAME-ORDER, unused.
** Follow the same convention as elsewhere for :AS-FILE in
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Buy this photo Mike Moseley, 30, left the field on a stretcher after suffering a suspected broken leg in Witton Albion' 3-0 defeat against Carlton Town.
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WITTON'S goals-scoring legend Mike Moseley suffered a suspected broken leg in his side's home defeat against Carlton Town on Saturday.
The Albion front man left the field on a stretcher after colliding with the visitors' goalkeeper Antonio Barcherini in the final minute of the first half.
Moseley, 30, stretched to volley a lofted pass only for his right leg to be met by the full force of the Millers' custodian as he too ran out to meet the ball.
He was taken to hospital straight from Wincham Park.
His exit overshadowed what was an afternoon to forget for Gary Finley's depleted play-offs hopefuls, shorn of five regulars through injury and suspension.
They crashed to a 3-0 defeat, marred latter by Peter Heler's dismissal following his lunge at Carlton captain Grant Brindley.
Moseley's injury is to the bone above his ankle, the likely result being that he will sit out the remainder of the current season.
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Beah Richards (July 12, 1920 – September 14, 2000) was an American actress of stage, screen and television. She was a poet, playwright and author. During her career, Richards was nominated for a Tony and an Academy Award, and received two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances on television.
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He wants vector
lol, my eyes are gone XD
There's...love for Big...in this world...*Sob* I have faith in humanity again. Good GOD he's sexy. Just...damn.
Big is just too awesome for us~
Fuck yes. Big is like one of my favorite characters ever...he's so cute and pudgey and silly...I love him. Miss him...SEGA Why you stop using him?!
you know how Sega Fans Are? The Bitch for the smallest things. Yet, they want to bring in the new Generations each time. So whenever you see a new idea or new thing? You will see them trying embrace what the fans want. Yet you see some fans bitching over Big the Cat. Saying he's dumb or etc. Well I Say, you want like big, do what ever you want to big. I Like him how I draw him. I say, he just but the dumb act to help his living conditions and help his brother live better. Knowing Sonic and the others will think he's dumb too. So At the moment, I'm typing a story that the TRUE Big the Cat will come out
So yeah, Sonic heroes like the intro to big for me. :3 Sonic Adventures did that too
So yeah, Sonic heroes like the intro to big for me. :3 Sonic Adventures did that too
Too sexy for poles? XD
Blaze is wanting some love right about now!
or vector >w< ;w:
Vector isn't a cat. HA HA HAA!!!
But I do like yaoi
Remember that XDDDDD
I may draw big
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This $1.5 million savings does not factor in the enhanced productivity from state employees who are less likely to call in sick or have other health-related issues, thanks to their improved health status. With that in mind, the savings could be much higher. "It is part of our plan to measure all of that," Hill says.
The initial success in Helena has prompted expansion plans. "We opened our first health center on Aug. 31, 2012. That was in Helena. We opened our second one on June 3, 2013, in Billings. We will probably have nine or 10 of them around the state where we have concentrations of state employees," he says. "It has met and actually exceeded all of our expectations."
NPR notes that the clinic is a first for state employees, but businesses have been using this model successfully for several years now. And Hill is quick to call the state's decision to set up the clinics "an employer solution, not a government solution."
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Thanks once again go to AVRIAH for the excellent reference photo: [link] . Check out her gallery, it's full of wonderful and tender self portraits.
I'm glad it still has a painterly quality to it, your brushstrokes are lovely and soft, it def suits the reference image!
Beautiful Piece of Art!!!
Like a photo, it's really amazing!
New Wacom? Great work once again my friend.
Really love it <3
Awesome Awesome
Thank you so much Amro, means a lot coming from an artist I so admire, and thank you for all the favs too, wow!
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As far as i read, the dev:watch command of apache karaf should help developing osgi bundles in such way that i don't have to manually update a bundle everytime i make changes to the sourcecode of that bundle...
I tried this, with one simple bundle which only consists of a Activator class. I am using maven for development.
import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
public class Activator implements BundleActivator {
public void start(BundleContext context) {
System.out.println("Starting the bundle");
public void stop(BundleContext context) {
System.out.println("Stopping the bundle");
I installed the bundle using the karaf command:
osgi:install mvn:my.groupId/my.artifactId
then i started the bundle using
osgi:start <id of my bundle>
then i starting monitoring for this bundle
using dev:watch --start <id of my bundle>
Karaf tells me that it monitors my bundle. Ok.
Then i wanted to test if the bundle will be updated automatically if i make changes to the source code and rebuild my bundle.
So I changed the System.out.println()'s of the activator class and built my rebuild my bundle using
mvn clean install.
Shouldn't the bundle updates itself now? When i take a look at the karaf console i see no changes until i update the bundle manually using osgi:update (which i want to avoid, using dev:watch) ... what am i doing wrong here?


text: So... I posted this in the gallery but, since I tend to go more in depth with my shooting with it, I figured that I'd elaborate a little on the lens. First photo: Ignore the light leak. Not the camera's fault. I really think I'm going to like this. Really, really, really. I got it to work by setting the focus on the lens to infinity. I then mounted the lens on a board that was too big for it with some cardboard with a hole in it, some electrical tape, and prayer to the photography gods. No leaks. But I haven't taken it out in daylight yet. That's the next step. I chose my daughter's toy, or a part of it, because I don't really have anywhere set up to do a true still life yet. Also, my yellow roses weren't blooming quite yet and I didn't want to go out and by a flower to use in my vase. Suppose I could've done just a vase with water in it, or a glass with water, but that would've been even more boring. The toy was yellow and red. The darkness in the middle is a mirror. I'll be adding to this thread when I get a chance to share more photos and thoughts on results. Just in case people are interested.