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Kentucky Downed By Florida in SEC Opener
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The University of Kentucky softball team fell to SEC opponent Florida in a doubleheader Saturday at the UK Softball Complex. Senior Nikki Jones, who is the career batting average leader at UK, hit her first career home run in the second game.
Florida sprung for five runs in the first inning to begin the first game. A single by Jen Mossadeghi scored Prissie Walden and Lindsey Cameron. After a single by Mandy Schuerman, Gator pitcher Jenny Gladding homered to left-center field to give Florida the five run advantage.
Kentucky was able to get on the board in the sixth when an Ingrid Lochelt double brought in Lyndsey Angus. But that's all the Wildcats could get as Florida added three in the top of the seventh for the 8-1 win. Gladding struck out a career high 14 batters in the victory.
A scary moment in the top of the first inning of the second game delayed action for 30 minutes. Freshman pitcher Becky Abner was hit in the back of the head by a thrown ball on a pick-off attempt. After lying motionless for several minutes, she was finally wheeled off, conscious, on a stretcher and brought to UK Hospital. A report following the game said she was awaiting X-rays at the hospital.
With only two pitchers in the Kentucky rotation, freshman Amy Kendall, who had just pitched the first game, came in to pitch the rest of the second game.
Florida took advantage of the breeze that was blowing to left field, as they hit five home runs in the game, including two each by Mossadeghi and Cameron.
Senior Nikki Jones, whose .356 average is currently tops in the UK record books, hit her first career home run in the third inning. Jones also extended her hitting streak to eight games.With the eight-run rule in effect, Florida got the 10-2 victory after five innings.
The two teams will square off in the series finale on Sunday at the UK Softball Complex at 1 p.m. ET. Admission is free. Live Gametracker stats will be available on ukathletics.com.
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Some of the Liberals' most talented MPs are being wasted biding their time on the back bench, write Peter Van Onselen and Wayne Errington.
Recent media attention has focused on the Opposition's need to refresh its front bench. The Government should also look to do so. Governments renew their front benches at regular intervals in order to show they are not losing touch, and are ushering in new talent. This injection of fresh faces is important for the Government, now in its 10th year in office. With the Coalition taking control of the Senate on July 1, the Prime Minister will be tempted to smarten up his front bench before a busy legislative session.
The Liberal Party is fortunate to be flush with talent on its back bench, in stark contrast to the less-than-obvious skills of some of its frontbenchers. When the likes of Pat Farmer are promoted to parliamentary secretary, of education of all things, considerations other than merit are clearly in play. This is to say nothing of recent problems in the immigration portfolio, highlighting Philip Ruddock's woeful mismanagement in preceding years.
The Government back bench houses former state and federal party directors Petro Georgiou and Andrew Robb, barrister Sophie Panopoulos, former NSW transport minister Bruce Baird, and one of Australia's most successful businessmen, Malcolm Turnbull. Sadly for the party, this group is not likely to be recognised with ministerial promotion soon. Some fall on the wrong side of the party's factional divide. Ten years of Coalition government has also seen 10 years of domination by Australia's self-confessed most conservative Liberal leader ever.
John Howard's conservative colleagues continue purging the party of moderates instead of addressing national needs. But they had better watch their step. It only takes one moderate senator, should he or she lose preselection, for example, to move to the cross benches and bring an end to the Government's reform agenda.
Highly qualified new entrants to the Parliament, such as Robb and Turnbull, will have to serve their time on the back bench when should go straight to the front bench.
It is ironic that states such as South Australia are looking to exploit constitutional loopholes that allow them to promote non-parliamentarians into the ministry in a search for talent, yet the Federal Government leaves such talent wasted in the background.
But every new MP is forced to serve time on the back bench, right? Wrong. Howard was promoted to the front bench within a year of entering Parliament. He was treasurer two years later. Peter Costello, Bob Menzies and Labor's Bob Hawke all went straight to the front bench on entering Parliament. Hawke was prime minister after only three years in Parliament. All of these figures had successful pre-parliamentary careers and were worthy of being accelerated, as are Turnbull and Robb.
Robb was the Liberal federal director who engineered the Coalition's 1996 election victory. He also had a successful corporate career before entering Parliament at the most recent election. His party organisational experience, and Howard's gratitude for his '96 role, may see him soon promoted to a parliamentary secretary position. But he should be a minister.
Turnbull's future is more complicated than Robb's, since he is billed as a future leader. This helps explain Howard's desire not to upset what is a delicate balance surrounding the succession. Costello, Brendan Nelson, Tony Abbott and Alexander Downer see themselves as the "big four". They believe the next leader and deputy should and will come from among their number. Giving Turnbull the visibility of ministerial responsibilities would be viewed as a threat to this orderly progression. It would cause the jockeying for positions behind Costello to intensify. We have seen the start of this process in Downer playing amateur historian, and Nelson's promotion of nuclear energy.
Intensification of this beauty contest would be uncomfortable for Howard and Costello, and unwelcome in the Coalition. However, none of this is reason enough to deny a spot in the ministry to a person of such obvious strengths as Turnbull. He is not only a self-made multimillionaire (one of our nation's top 200, according to BRW), but he has also run large companies, championed political causes and acted in one of Australia's highest-profile judicial cases (the Spy Catcher case).
He has also written books, worked as a reporter and served as the party's organisational treasurer. Most ministers finish their careers substantially less qualified. With the economy heading for rocky times, Turnbull could be an ideal candidate for a finance portfolio.
It is hard to attract the best and the brightest into politics. The invasion of privacy, the frequent travel and the relatively low pay are not selling points to successful individuals from other industries. Especially if they are treated like graduate recruits when they get there.
Peter van Onselen is a lecturer in politics at Edith Cowan University. Wayne Errington is a lecturer in politics at Charles Sturt University. They are writing a biography of John Howard.
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Galaxy's first pick in MLS SuperDraft is defender Kyle Venter
January 16, 2014
By Jim Peltz
The Galaxy chose defender Kyle Venter of the University of New Mexico on Thursday as the team's first selection in this year's Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Venter, 22, was the 23rd pick overall in the second round of the 76-player SuperDraft held in Philadelphia. The Galaxy has one more pick in the fourth round (72nd overall) that will be held Tuesday. The 6-foot-3 Venter, a native of Aurora, Colo., was a four-year starter at the University of New Mexico, and in his senior season his Lobos team reached the Final Four of the 2013 NCAA College Cup. Venter said he felt "nothing but excitement to get out to L.A. " "It's an awesome organization," he told reporters on a conference call.
Galaxy adds Canadian international Rob Friend to roster
January 13, 2014
By Kevin Baxter
Five days after acquiring Brazilian forward Samuel on transfer, the Galaxy added another forward with international experience by signing Canadian Rob Friend from TSV 1860 Munich, a second-division German club. Friend, who turns 33 next week, played in Norway and the Netherlands before going to Germany in 2007. He has 75 goals in 11 seasons with eight clubs. Details of his Galaxy deal were not announced. "The addition of Rob Friend to our roster brings a different dimension to our attack," Bruce Arena, the Galaxy's coach and general manager, said in a statement.
CES 2014: BMW i3 takes commands from a Galaxy Gear smartwatch
January 10, 2014
By Jessica Naziri
Everything is smart at CES -- watches, glasses, shoes, gloves -- so it's not surprising to find intelligent cars. BMW unveiled the i3, a concept electric vehicle, that communicates with a smart watch, specifically, the Samsung Galaxy Gear. In addition to displaying the car's vitals, including battery status and driving range, the smartwatch can be used to navigate. CES 2014: Full coverage Users can send addresses from their smartphone contact list directly to the car's built-in navigation system.
Hubble harnesses gravity to find dim, ancient galaxies near big bang
January 8, 2014
By Amina Khan
If you're a giant space telescope squinting into the far reaches of the cosmos, gravity is your best friend. Using the magnifying powers of massive galaxy clusters, three of NASA's Great Observatories - the Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes - are joining forces to discover some of the earliest galaxies in the universe. This effort, called Frontier Fields, released early results this week at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Maryland. The Hubble Space Telescope has been looking deep into the distant reaches of the universe, because the longer the light has traveled, the older the image we see is -- and the closer to the big bang it must be. Scientists want to understand these galaxies and their stellar contents in order to better understand the origins of our universe, which was born 13.8 billion years ago. But the light from these distant galaxies is incredibly faint - so much so that, beyond a certain point, it's difficult to pick it up in wavelengths beyond infrared.
Galaxy acquires forward Samuel on loan from Brazilian team
January 7, 2014
By Jim Peltz
Galaxy officials said Tuesday the team has acquired Brazilian forward Samuel Rosa Goncalves, known simply as Samuel, on loan from the Fluminense FC team of Brazil's Serie A. Samuel, 22, had 15 goals in 72 appearances over the last two seasons with Fluminense, across all competitions for the club based in Rio de Janeiro. Terms of the loan agreement were not disclosed. "We are pleased to add Samuel to our roster," Galaxy General Manager and Coach Bruce Arena said in a statement.
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January 6, 2014
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Using a powerful radio telescope, scientists have spotted an enormous cloud of dust billowing in the center of a supernova - finally. The discovery, announced at the American Astronomical Society, helps to confirm what scientists have long thought - that massive supernova explosions could have provided the dust found in the first galaxies. Early galaxies were dusty places, but where did that dust come from when the universe was still so new? Astronomers hypothesized that supernovae - the end-of-life explosions of stars at least eight times the size of our sun - may have been the source of that ancient, primordial dust.
Galaxy adds Coach Bruce Arena's son Kenny to coaching staff
January 6, 2014
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The Galaxy said Monday it has added Kenny Arena, son of Galaxy head coach and General Manager Bruce Arena, to the soccer team's coaching staff. Kenny Arena, 32, has spent the last two years as head soccer coach at Florida International University in Miami, and he's a former coach in the Galaxy Academy for younger players. "We are pleased to add Kenny to our coaching staff," Bruce Arena said in a statement. "Kenny's familiarity with the Galaxy, experience in player development and his knowledge of the college game make him a good fit for our club.
Former Galaxy star Mike Magee earns invitation to pre-World Cup camp
January 3, 2014
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Former Galaxy forward Mike Magee will be returning to StubHub Center on Monday after earning an invitation to the U.S. national team's winter training camp. Magee, who won Major League Soccer's MVP award last season after tying for the league lead with 21 goals, will be joined in the monthlong camp by former Galaxy teammates Landon Donovan and Omar Gonzalez. The camp, the longest and most extensive ahead of June's World Cup in Brazil, will be split across two continents. After six days in Carson, the roster will be trimmed to 23 players and the team will decamp for the U.S. team's summer training base in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for 12 days of twice-daily sessions.
Researchers report security vulnerability in Samsung's Galaxy S 4
December 24, 2013
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Israeli cybersecurity researchers claim to have found a major hole in Samsung's Knox security software that leaves Galaxy S 4 devices used for enterprise and government work vulnerable to hackers. The reported security hole makes it possible for malware to intercept secure data, such as emails, on GS4 smartphones that are supposed to be protected by the Knox software, according to the Wall Street Journal . The Knox platform is designed so that users can keep their personal data on the same device as their sensitive, work-related data, which is protected separately by the Samsung security software.
Galaxy to face Armenian champion FC Shirak in preseason game
December 23, 2013
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The Galaxy said Monday it plans to play FC Shirak, the reigning champion in the Armenian Premier League, in a preseason game at StubHub Center on Feb. 8. This would be the first meeting between the two clubs and the first time that the Galaxy has hosted a team from the Armenian Premier League, the Galaxy said. FC Shirak is based in Gyumri, in northwest Armenia, and the club is in second place through the first half of the 2013-14 Premier League season there. The Armenian club is led by Ivorian midfielder Serge Deble, who is tied for the league lead in goals with nine, the Galaxy said.
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LOL, geez I hope I never see people posting stuff like that about us ....Originally Posted by rfurtkamp
This is a discussion on Gun v knife (is 21 feet adequate?) within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by rfurtkamp And despite our best efforts, nobody is 100% aware 100% of the time. It just doesn't happen unless you're on GlockTalk. ...
LOL, geez I hope I never see people posting stuff like that about us ....Originally Posted by rfurtkamp
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Folks, have any of you ever seen a video called SURVIVING EDGED WEAPONS? It's no longer available (IIRC), but it was a certified police training video shot by some PD in Minnesota I think. Anyway, it was subpoenable in case you had to shoot in a knife situation because of it's status as being used to train LEOs. I learned from that and from many other examples that I myself am not capable of making the draw even out to thirty feet or more. Not when I'm the target and the perp is on the move at a solid run. Therefore I train to go into hand to hand with the full knowledge that I'm probably going to get "cut" but also that I'll be able to control the situation. In Aikido, the closer the opponent is, the better it is for the defender. Much better if he's moving fast. I'm no black belt and have no desire to be. Only competent.
Former Army Infantry Captain; 28 yrs as an NRA Certified Instructor; NRA Patron Life; Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO.
Calibre press did the video I think. Been using it in training for many years. It is pretty well done and has been used in court several times.
Keep the shotgun handy!!
We trained on a knife scenario just the other day at the S.O. The scenario was this...
You pull over a vehicle for an equipment violation. As you walk up to the vehicle to request the DL,registration and proof of insurance the door on the vehicle opens and the driver advances upon you with a knife.
Average range is 1 and a half car lengths...the minimum distance that you need to stop when pulling over a vehicle.
In each and every case the officer got "cut". This was proved with a rubber knife that was chalked upon the edges. Officers were using a modified Glock, modified with a "Simuniton" barrel and shooting Simuntion paintballs.
Several officers with enlarged egos were humbled that night.It was good training and much was learned. Every scenario was replayed several times, and just to keep it interesting, and somewhat realistic, at random times the driver of the vehicle would advance with nothing more than a cell phone or set of keys or in a few situations a small maglight.
Now here is the kicker...
Every officer was AWARE that SOMETHING was gonna happen. We didnt know exactly what, but our senses were somewhat alert, more so than average.
Even so, it seemed to matter little. In most cases, guns never cleared leather and for those that did, most shots were hits in the legs and feet. One rather comical looking but somewhat effective tactic occured when one of the officers backed up and fell on his back. He put his feet up while drawing from his holster and shot the "perp" several times. He also shot his right foot once and both legs took multiple cuts but it was felt that these would have been survivable. When he argued that the "perp" never cut his legs, he only had to look down to see the chalk marking all over his Levi's.
We've had several "man with a knife" calls lately, and this had sparked a bit of training in this area. You automaticly draw your gun if you see someone with a knife as you may not have time otherwise. Anybody stupid enough to continue holding a knife when told by armed officers pointing guns at them to drop the knife, is stupid enough to try to use it.
And in the car scenario with the knife...
If somebody wants your ass, it aint gonna matter how good you are or how good you think you are, they are goin to have it and there aint much you can do about it...
I agree with Exsoldier.....
It's better to fight a close/unexpected knife attack hand-to-hand than to stand there fixated upon employing a handgun while getting stabbed. You must deflect the knife and counterattack decisively with maximum violence. This is life & death, and you'd better fight like it! No Marques du Queensbury stuff.
Or deflect the knife/attacker and run. (Gain separation/time to employ firearm.)
If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes.
Okay, i was in a knife fighting seminar and the instructor was trying to make an example of how inadiquate a gun was against a knife on some cases, so he picked my friend jeff and gave him an airsoft in a holster. Jeff and I train a lot and he's was definately the wrong person to pick if he wanted a good example of someone getting owned by a knife weilding opponent in a tuller drill. jeff started with his hands casually at his side in a relaxed position. Half way through the drill it was evident that if jeff knew how to operate the crossman airsoft gun (it had this weird ass safety, something not prepared for since he carries a glock), this guy would have been shot 6 times. He was out of the holster and in guarded retention before the guy with the knife had advanced half the distance.
The moral of the story is: Practice, practice, practice. We do close retention shooting drills all the time on the range.
Secondly, learn hand to hand. Not everyone has the type of reflexes to get the gun out of the holster in half a second.
third, situational awareness. The guy is not going to be charging at you from the front. It's gonna be like the pizza shop. You're gonna be distracted by sharonda laqueefa sharika james when her ex con boyfriend comes from the side and prison shanks you.
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Clubsoda22: I agree with your post 100% I think your friend Jeff might have had other results if somebody had just charged him out of nowhere and he hadn't been previously alerted and had a moment to get "set." Still kudos to you both for all of your training! I also agree with hand to hand. I use Aikido quite a bit in my job as inner city high school educator. Lots of folks on probation and parole for fairly serious offenses. All of 'em think they're "tough" whereas only a very few REALLY are. Know how you can tell the difference? The truly tough never talk or brag. The wannabes are all mouth.
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Former Army Infantry Captain; 28 yrs as an NRA Certified Instructor; NRA Patron Life; Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO.
In my experiance, they all brag. most of them it seems have only been to prison so they can try to intimidate you by yelling "*****, i've been to prison"
Exactly what i mean by situational awareness. Both Jeff and I know that chances are slim to none that the attacker will be standing exactly 7 yards away right infront of you in a martial arts studio. It is nice to know that you can make that shot, however, if you spot the creepy guy in the parking lot following you before he makes his move. That's where practice and situational awareness come in.
It''s the rest of the time, most of the time where you have to use your hands to defend yourself before you can go for your gun.
If anyone has a chance to take a knife fighting seminar with Nick Hughes of F.I.S.T, take it. I learned more about defending from and fighting with blades an sticks in 10 hours than i had picked up in shooting and martial arts classes my entire life. It ranged from simple and effective techniques taught to prison guards to defend from the most common attacks to more advanced techniques derrived from Nicks extensive martial arts and knife fighting background.
I did this drill and it taught me a lot.
I tried using my shoulder holster: SLOW SLOW SLOW.
Unless I have an opportunity to do a stealthy draw, that can get me killed.
Even from mex carry, I shot the BG just a split second before I got killed.
Then tried the technique with movement:
This proves valuable at 7 yards, and it proves even more critical at
5 yards and then 3 yards. It proves itself more as the "attacker"
chases you rather than just running straight line.
A gunfight is NOT a static event.
If you are not using movement in your training, you are training to get killed.
Think it through.
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Excellent read. I've always heard people talk about shooting the pelvic area and having the bad guys buckle over. I never did give it much thought because i still perscribe to the COM theory. But this is good stuff nevertheless. Now i have more reason to shoot to COM. Thought the though of getting shot in the pelvic area makes me cringe and make funny faces. Ouch!
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the only reason to shoot for the pelvis and legs is if the bad guy has body armor and his head is too small a target due to distance
Here is another article from Blackwater.
21 Feet Is Way Too Close!!
By: Frank Borelli
It is common knowledge that a suspect, armed with an edged weapon and within twenty-one feet of a police officer presents a deadly threat. Why? Because the "average" man can run that twenty-one feet in about one-point-five seconds; the same one-point-five seconds it will take that police officer to recognize danger, draw and point his weapon, and then pull the trigger. Even if the officer manages to get the shot off, and even if it hits the suspect; even if it instantly disables the suspect, the blade is going to be so close to the officer that the suspect's momentum may continue forward with enough force for the edged weapon to end up injuring the officer anyway.
The information contained in the above paragraph has long been accepted in police and court circles. "If a man has a knife and is within twenty-one feet, he presents a deadly threat and the use of deadly force against him is justified." Here is the question then: How far away does that suspect, armed with an edged weapon, have to be before he's not a deadly threat? A gentleman named Magliato shot a "bad guy" who was armed with a baseball bat and standing thirty-two feet away. The courts convicted Magliato claiming that at a distance of thirty-two feet, the suspect with the baseball bat could not present deadly force against Magliato; perhaps they were wrong.
If it takes a man a mere one-point-five seconds to run across twenty-one feet, how long would it take to go thirty-two feet? The simple answer would be to add half, right? If thirty-two feet is about one-and-one-half times twenty-one, then one-and-one-half times the time of one-point-five seconds should be correct. Wrong. That one-point-five seconds for running twenty-one feet is from a dead stop. To assume that thirty-two feet would take fifty percent longer would be a mistake because you would have to assume that the bad guy started, stopped at twenty-one feet, restarted and then reached thirty-two feet. Reality is quite different. If you accepted that logic, the time would be about two-point-two-five seconds. In reality it would be less than two seconds.
Even if we worked with that two-point-two-five seconds as a realistic number for covering thirty-two feet, how many feet per second is that? It's an average of fourteen-point-two feet per second. Now accepting that, let's consider the cop with his gun holstered and the bad guy thirty-two feet away with an edged weapon or other form of lethal force. He starts running at the cop. The cop recognizes the danger, draws, brings the weapon on line and fires. The bullet hits the bad guy when the bad guy has traveled about twenty-two feet or is about ten feet away from the officer. In less about two-thirds of a second after the bullet impact to his body, the bad guy will get to the police officer and begin his attack.
Two-thirds of a second: Even if the officer fires two shots and gets good hits with both of them, the bad guy may have enough oxygen and adrenaline in his system to keep moving, in complete control of his motions, for another six to fourteen seconds! As mathematics just proved, the bad guy could run well over thirty-two feet in far less than six seconds, and we all know that the officer can't run backwards even half as fast as the bad guy can run forwards.
Sure, someone reading this is saying, "That's why we run in an arc so that as they lose control of their system, their momentum will carry them forward and we'll no longer be there." Ask yourself this: Have you tried running backwards, constantly moving in an arc, trying to keep a weapon tracking on someone who is attacking you with a knife or other deadly weapon for more than fifteen or twenty feet? Give it a shot some time. Have a fellow officer run at you hard for fifteen and a half seconds (did you forget the first one-point-five seconds?) while you try to run at an angle backwards. Do this in a soft area so that you don't hurt yourself when you fall backwards as the "bad guy" plows over you.
With regard to this issue, there is more thinking and math to do. If you accept that the average man can run more than thirty feet in about two seconds, how far can he run in that fourteen seconds after your bullets have struck him and done serious damage to his vital organs; after he has begun to bleed out? At thirty feet per two seconds, that's about two-hundred-ten feet: seventy yards! More than two thirds of a football field is how far you would have to run backwards in an arc to consider yourself safely away, and even then you're assuming an average man with lethal injuries who has not consumed any substances that would affect his performance.
Obviously some disparity exists here. A man thirty-two feet away, holding a deadly weapon, didn't present an immediate and deadly threat to Magliato, but a man seventy yards away can present a deadly threat to you, an armed and trained police officer? Think about it for just a moment and consider this: there is certainly no way that a man seventy yards away with a knife, bat or other contact weapon can immediately harm you. However, if that same man starts running at you with the obvious intent of doing you bodily harm, one would think it prudent not to wait for him to reach the twenty-one foot mark before firing your sidearm. It would probably be even more prudent to keep obstacles between yourself and the threat so that the time it takes him to close distance is even greater.
Finally, we can all foresee the juror who says, "How much damage can an injured man armed with a knife do against an uninjured police officer armed with a gun?" Well, you all know that bullets do not instantly stop anyone unless you achieve the more-than-rare central nervous system hit. As all officers are trained to shoot for "center mass" since it is the largest target and therefore presents the best chance of actually hitting the armed assailant, there is little chance that the rounds, if they hit the assailant, will pass through his body exactly on center to impact his spine and immediately stop his threatening actions. So, excepting that central-nervous-system, you know that the assailant can function as described above, for another six to fourteen seconds or until his system finally runs out of oxygen and adrenaline.
At contact distance, in a time span of six to fourteen seconds, what can you do as a police officer with a firearm? Shoot him several more times increasing the amount of tissue damage done and reducing the amount of time it will take him to "bleed out". By the way, you have to do that while fending off whatever attack he presents. What can the assailant, armed with a knife, and within contact distance do to you in that same time span? Common sense suggests that he could stab you anywhere from twelve to twenty-eight times, everywhere he can reach, substituting slashes for stabs as he sees fit. That doesn't sound like a good time. Further, no where in any cop's job description does it say you have to fight an assailant with a knife since you are specifically equipped and trained to avoid getting into that situation.
So, you say to yourself, if there is no specified distance at which you can readily assume an armed assailant is too close and deadly force on your part is justified, how do you know when it's okay to shoot? Just as with the use of deadly force against any threat, four factors must exist prior to your response with deadly force. 1) Opportunity: your assailant must have the opportunity to bring killing or crippling power to bear. This is the factor that is most affected by distance. A man with a knife can't do you harm at fifty feet, but at contact distance he definitely can. How quickly he can close that distance and how quickly you can stop him has a direct affect on his opportunity to do you, or others, harm. 2) Ability: the assailant must have the ability to bring killing or crippling power to bear. Ability can exist in a number of forms such as weapons, overwhelming size, physical strength, force of numbers (in the case of more than one assailant) or special knowledge on either part. If the assailant has a gun or knife, that creates his ability. His size and/or strength can also create his ability to do you, or others, harm. If there is more than one assailant, together they stand a better chance of doing harm than when alone. Special knowledge is a two edged sword. You can have special knowledge of the assailant's proven intent or skill; such as he's a professional heavyweight boxer. That skill in heavyweight boxing is special knowledge that he possesses that makes him a greater threat. 3) Imminent jeopardy is the third factor and must exist prior to your deployment of deadly force. If the assailant does not present imminent jeopardy to you, or others, you cannot justify the use of deadly force. To some extent, "imminent" is controlled by distance. Again, that guy at fifty feet may not be presenting an imminent threat, but when he starts to move toward you, the threat he produces easily becomes imminent.
The fourth, and final, factor is preclusion. Any prudent person will normally make an attempt to escape or avoid the situation, which may lead to the use of deadly force. Police officers don't have a requirement to retreat, and certainly conditions can exist wherein the police officer has no choice but to stand his ground. The duty to protect others may mandate that you face the threat without the option of running from it. The statement "preclusion is the fourth factor" truly means that avoiding the situation has been considered and is not a viable option. The officer must be able to articulate, along with all three other elements, why he didn't, or couldn't, avoid this deadly force confrontation. In the case of a man with a knife, bat, or other deadly contact weapon, once he (the bad guy) starts charging you (the police officer), his ability to close distance and deliver a killing or crippling injury is far greater than your ability to escape or stop his attack. If he is within the distance we typically train at with our handguns (twenty-five yards or seventy-five feet is usually the maximum distance), then preclusion is removed as soon as he begins his charge. All the mathematics above should have adequately demonstrated that he can close seventy-five feet in less than six seconds and that, even if you score good disabling shots while he closes, he may still have plenty of operational time remaining in which to do you potentially fatal harm. Therefore, it is maintained that, if he is within trained handgun distance, seventy-five feet or less and is armed with any type of killing or crippling contact weapon, imminent jeopardy exists and preclusion, as an option, has been removed. At that point, all four factors exist for your justified use of deadly force in defense of yourself or others under your protection.
To review: it's takes one-point-five seconds or less for an armed bad guy to close twenty-one feet and do you bodily harm. It takes less than two-point-two-five seconds for that same bad guy to close thirty-two feet and do you bodily harm. After you've shot the bad guy, he has enough oxygen and adrenaline in his system to close another two-hundred-and-ten feet (seventy yards!) and do you bodily harm. The next time you are in an "Edged Weapons Defense" class, bear this in mind. The next time you pull up on the scene of a violent domestic and that guy has a hammer in his hand in his front yard, bear this in mind. The next time you decide to park you cruiser within twenty feet of a vehicle on a traffic stop, and you officers on the street will all have to do exactly that, bear this in mind! You rarely know who the bad guy is, and you never know what the bad guy is bringing to the fight. As an instructor friend of mine is so fond of saying: "You always want to bring a gun to a gun fight. What do you want to bring to a knife fight?" Many of the people in the classes he teach respond with, "A knife." He smiles a knowing smile and says, "No; a gun."
Take Care,
Face facts......if you are walking in harms way with your head in the clouds (or elsewhere) daydreaming about? You are a victim looking for a place.
If you are walking in harms way with your hand on a gun in your jacket pocket..........and your mind on constant alert......sheep or sheepdog?
Last, Blackwater? I'll pass.
Keep the shotgun handy!!
With gun in hand, 30 feet was barely adequate to deter someone trying to close on me in a real-world incident. They tried multiple times, but I had the gun up from ready by the time they started moving closer rapidly and they broke off at about 20 ft each time. There's no way that I could have drawn, let alone a complex draw involving removing the safety, and remained not at risk from even the not-visibly armed perp I was facing.
I don't want to have to go through that practice as many times in repetition as I did over the weekend any time soon - truthfully, I'm thinking 30-40 ft if you have to draw, the lesser end if you've got situational awareness, the higher end if you get dropped. This also assumes you can get out of the way or they magically fall over like on TV, at which point I'd *like* 50.


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Mother is the most beautiful word in the English language, says a survey conducted a few years ago by the British Council. According to the survey's results, the ten most beautiful words are:
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Lovely words, all of them. But reading that got me to thinking: what are a mother's favorite words? Hmmmm…..how about sleep? Yep, that would probably be it—especially if the word is preceded by the adjective uninterrupted. Ah, bliss!
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That "my hands are tied, what can I do?" plea, that almost martyred tone of regret ... when have we heard that before? Quite recently, and under identical circumstances. Just change the names -- for Lewis read Claudio Reyna, for Ruiz read Amado Guevara -- and you have Arena's statement announcing his first player trade for the Red Bulls in January 2007.
In both cases Arena shed tears (only he can tell us if they were of the crocodile variety) at the loss of the departing and talented Latinos. Ruiz, Arena informed us, has "proven to be one of the great goalscorers in the history of this league and I have the highest regard for him" -- but goodbye Carlos anyway. At the Red Bulls, Arena was well aware that Guevara was coming off his best season, and was the team's most popular player -- but farewell Amado anyway.
As it happens, neither the Reyna nor the Lewis signing marked the first time that Arena had decided to unload a foreign Latino in favor of an American college product returning from Europe.
In 1996 Arena made the switch from college soccer to MLS -- a risky move, but one that he soon turned into a triumph, leading D.C. United to the first two MLS championships, and giving the league what still remains, for me, its best-ever team.
That team was built around the superb skills of the Bolivian Marco Etcheverry, the player who gave it personality and attacking flair. When Arena joined D.C. United, the fledgling MLS -- under the guidance of then deputy commissioner Sunil Gulati -- had already signed a number of star players. Etcheverry was one such, and he had been assigned to D.C. United because Washington was where the largest Bolivian community resided.
Incredibly, Arena did not want Etcheverry. So his very first move in MLS -- nicely foreshadowing his first moves at the Red Bulls and the Galaxy -- was to seek a trade. Some other club would get Etcheverry, while D.C. United would get the player of Arena's choice. And Arena's choice, the player he rated higher than Etcheverry was ... you'd better be sitting down ... Alexi Lalas.
Mind-boggling hardly begins to describe that Arena notion. He was saved from his own madness because MLS nixed the trade. To his credit, Arena quickly appreciated just how extraordinary were Etcheverry's talents, and became his staunchest admirer.
But the experience of having been saved from the dire consequences of his own poor judgment seems not to have registered with Arena. Eleven years later came a replay: the trading of Guevara for Reyna. No one was there to save Arena this time, and the move turned sour very quickly -- for everyone, for Arena, for the Red Bulls, for Reyna and for Guevara.
Nothing if not persistent, Arena has returned to the same theme with the signing of Lewis (who, I see, has the same agent as Reyna had). Ruiz -- suitably lauded -- is already accustomed to being treated as a makeweight in player deals, after his move to FC Dallas in March 2005. That move "had to be done" so that the Galaxy could bring in Landon Donovan. Of course, it was done with regret -- after all, Ruiz had scored 50 goals in 72 games with the Galaxy, had been the League's MVP -- but no matter, it was adios Carlos.
Now Ruiz has been shipped out again. In comes Eddie Lewis and one is entitled to wonder exactly what the big deal is here. Lewis is 34 years old and has had a very ordinary career in England. He brings his high work rate and his left-footed abilities -- which include accurate crossing, or so we are told. Lewis will bring one definite, undeniable quality to the Galaxy: he has to be better than what's already there.
Arena's move, then, will presumably mean more crossing for the Galaxy. Beckham will whip them in from the right (or will do when he finally decides to take his Galaxy duties seriously) and Lewis will pour them in from the left. Ruiz will not be there, in the middle, to profit from them, and perhaps that's the only logical thing about this affair. If the Arena-led (or is it the Beckham/Arena-led?) Galaxy is to live off crosses, then a different type of center forward is probably required -- you know, the big, bustling, good-in-the-air type, a Brit stereotype, in fact. Heavens, no wonder Donovan has been heard speculating about a return to Europe.


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The Oakland Raiders signed Foreman, according to the Press Democrat, for a one-year deal for roughly $540,000 dollars. The Houston Texans released Foreman after three seasons. Houston acquired Foreman in a trade from Buffalo before the 2002 season.
Foreman, who is the son of former Minnesota Vikings running back Chuck Foreman, has been an inside linebacker for much of his career but he is also capable of playing outside linebacker.
The Raiders tried to switch from a 4-3 to 3-4 last season with minimal success. Oakland finished No. 30 in total defense last season one year after ranking dead last.
Signing Jay Foreman undoubtedly fills a need at perhaps the team's weakest position. Third-round draft pick Kirk Morrison took reps with the first-unit at the team's most recent minicamp. While Morrison might be capable of contributing immediately, signing Foreman suggests that the Raiders are not ready to count on Morrison too much this soon.
Oakland clearly needs help at both linebacker positions because at the inside spot Danny Clark is the closest the Raiders have to a sure thing at linebacker. Nonetheless, that's all the more reason Oakland will likely stick with the 3-4 as its primary front seven despite the fact that their outside linebackers are looking iffy. Sam Williams showed promise in his second year but has had trouble staying healthy. Tyler Brayton switched from defensive end to linebacker with minimal success.
Foreman, however, does not come without concerns. He compiled a combined 276 tackles in 2002 and 2003. Last season, Foreman tallied 79 stops before landing on injured reserve with an ankle injury.
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Have you ever wondered how much space CDs and DVDs have on them? I mean, if you do a lot of CD or DVD burning, you need to know how much room you'll have, right? It's pretty much the most important piece of information you need to know before you start any burning projects. Well, I'm here today to give you all the scoop, so listen up!
I'm going to start with CDs, because I'm guessing more of you use CDs on a regular basis over DVDs. There are several different sizes of blank CDs that you can buy, including 21, 74, 80, 90 and 99 minutes long. The most popular though, as far as I know, is the 80 minute CD. This translates to approximately 700 MB of open space. If you were making a music CD (you know, throwing a bunch of your favorite songs all onto one CD), you could fit around 20 songs (give or take a few) on one 80 minute CD, depending on how long the songs are. Cool, huh?!
Now, on to DVDs. Most blank DVDs can hold up to 4.4 GB of data. Most of the package labels will say 4.7 GB, but that's pretty much just a marketing ploy. If you're burning a movie, pictures, etc. onto the DVD, by the time everything is actually said and done, you can only fit 4.4 GB of material on one single DVD. That's nothing to be upset about though. That sure adds up to a lot of information on one tiny little disk. So, now that you know how much space you have when you're working with CDs and DVDs, you can plan ahead to get the most out of your work!
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Kindle Fire tablet
is creating a lot of buzz in the mobile industry. In fact, some customers are willing to delay iPad purchases to buy the Kindle Fire instead.
The tablet industry hasn't been very competitive over the past year or so despite the number of tablets available on the market. Apple's iPad/iPad 2 have dominated tablet sales and left Android-based tablets in the dust. According to a recent comScore study, iPads accounted for
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But in five days, Amazon's Kindle Fire will hit the market as a representation of Android (even though Amazon has created its own build of Android's 2.3 Gingerbread operating system), and this fresh-faced tab is expected to be the first worthy competitor of the iPad.
In fact, a new ChangeWave survey conducted by RBC Capital Markets, a Canadian investment bank, said that 26 percent of those who pre-ordered a Kindle Fire or strongly plan to have delayed the purchase of an iPad.
The ChangeWave survey, which included 2,600 "early adopters types," found that 5 percent had pre-ordered a Kindle Fire or strongly planned to. In 2010, the survey found that only 4 percent were very likely to purchase the original iPad.
Of the 5 percent who pre-ordered the Kindle Fire (or planned to), 26 percent said they would put an iPad purchase on hold.
The Kindle Fire has some real perks to it, such as a $199 price tag compared to the iPad 2's price tag of $499 and up. However, Kindle Fire isn't a full-featured tablet like the iPad 2. Some Kindle Fire specs include a 7-inch multi-touch display, a 1 GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4 dual-core processor, 512 MB memory, 8 GB storage capacity, 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity, and Amazon's new Web browser Amazon Silk. Amazon has also announced extras such as
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The iPad 2, on the other hand, offers a few extras that Kindle Fire doesn't, such as a 3G option, a camera, and a microphone. It also offers up to 64 GB of storage.
Despite these differences, the Kindle Fire is holding its own as a strong competitor, since it still possesses basic abilities such as internet browsing, apps, music and video playback. Some reports even estimate that Kindle Fire will
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According to the study, Nintendo's DS dominated the share of U.S. revenue generated for portable games in 2009 at 70 percent, while iOS and Android-powered devices were at 19 percent and Sony's PSP sat at 11 percent. In 2010, these numbers changed to 57 percent for Nintendo DS, 34 percent for iOS and Android, and 9 percent for Sony PSP. In 2011, where November and December were estimated based on the prior 10 months of this year, iOS and Android climbed to the top position with 58 percent, Nintendo DS at 36 percent, and Sony PSP at only 6 percent.
In just two years, iOS and Android tripled their market share from about 20 percent in 2009 to about 60 percent in 2011. Together, iOS and Android game revenue was at $500 million, $800 million, and $1.9 billion for 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively. For Nintendo DS and Sony PSP combined, they posted $2.2 billion, $1.6 billion and $1.4 billion for 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively.
Experts say free or 99-cent apps compared to $20 to $60 cartridges are what's tipping the scale. Back in March, Rovio Mobile CEO Peter Vesterbacka even went as far as saying
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We are going to Syria at the end of September. What is the best currency to take, and what is the dress code, particularly for a woman?
Pat Wilson, by email
You can't buy Syrian pounds in Britain so take some US dollars, and use ATMs in Damascus and Aleppo. Away from the cities it will be more difficult to get Syrian pounds - so take plenty of dollars in a mixture of denominations and try to keep the bills in good condition. Credit cards will be accepted only in top-end establishments. Don't bother with traveller's cheques.
Dress is conservative but not too restrictive. Light long trousers or long skirts with short-sleeved shirts should be fine. A headscarf is not necessary, but knees, shoulders and cleavages should be covered. There's a FAQ for women travellers to the Middle East on Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree discussion board at http://tinyurl.com/5b3qsb
The Foreign Office (fco.gov.uk/travel) advises discretion in behaviour and dress, especially when visiting religious sites.
Can you suggest an unusual place to stay for a four-day break in this year's Capital of Culture? Witnessing the exciting young conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, is a must.
Rumy Kapadia, Stevenage
Liverpool has several elegant and modern places to stay, mostly in the city's handsome Georgian Quarter, Canning. Hope Street Hotel (0151 709 3000; hopestreethotel.co.uk) is as grand as the street it's on, with boutique doubles from £140. The ornate Philharmonic pub is an extraordinary place to get your bearings over a pint. Liverpool Racquet Club (0151 236 6676; racquetclub.org.uk) has eight rooms (choose from minimalist to antique French) for £110 a night. Use of the squash courts is thrown in for free. If you'd rather be right on the water, the Waterfront Penthouse (01695 727877; stayinginliverpool.com) has two bedrooms, fine Mersey views and costs £100 a night. Liverpool has plenty of designer bars and fine restaurants - if you don't find what you're after in or around Hope Street or neighbouring Georgian area Ropewalks, Lark Lane, half a mile to the east, is lined with good eateries. Colin's Bridewell on Campbell Street (0151 707 8003) is a favourite in a converted police station, with cells doubling as private booths. See Liverpool08.com for more suggestions.
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's acclaimed Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko, born in 1976, was Young Artist of the Year in the Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2007. He will be performing throughout the 2008-9 season, which starts on 12 September. Tickets go on sale from 23 June (liverpoolphil.com).
We are a family of four making our first-ever trip to Israel to see my sister and her family in August. In view of security, what is the best way for us to travel about? Are there any other general safety tips?
Sue Thurlow, Warwickshire
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (fco.gov.uk/travel) says there is a high threat from Palestinian terrorism in Israel, with indiscriminate attacks in places frequented by foreign travellers. It cites a suicide attack in the Red Sea resort of Eilat in January 2007 and a shooting in West Jerusalem last March which left eight dead and dozens wounded. It also warns against using public transport due to suicide attacks. You'll see tight security everywhere: your bags may be X-rayed on entry to shops and public areas. The Israel tourist office (020 7299 1100; thinkisrael.com) has safety advice, but check the FCO website before you leave and seek local advice once there.
Hiring a car is a good way to explore Israel (although Israeli soldiers may hail a lift). Your own wheels come in handy for exploring the Golan Heights, Upper Galilee or Negev. Trains link Haifa, Tel Aviv (including Ben Gurion Airport) and Jerusalem - see israrail.org.il for times and fares. Buses also run to pretty much anywhere (egged.co.il). State-run transport shuts down on Shabbat (Friday afternoon to Saturday evening). Smaller Arab-run services continue to run on some routes during Shabbat.
I'm taking my four kids to Yellowstone Park then driving to Bend in Oregon. I've been told it's one of the richest areas for dinosaur remains in the world and I'd love to show my kids dinosaur footprints. Where can we see some?
Jeremy Brock, by email
While northern states of the US are rich in dinosaur remains, there aren't too many chances to see tracks imprinted in rock. Wyoming, where Yellowstone is located, has a well-known set of dinosaur tracks at Red Gulch near Greybull, but it's a hefty 170-mile drive from Yellowstone in the wrong direction from Bend. See http://tinyurl.com/59we44 for a list of many of the dinosaur tracks that can be visited in America.
There is, however, much of prehistoric interest in the area. The direct route from Yellowstone to Bend passes through Idaho, but if you've time to detour north through Montana (mtdinotrail.org) you'll find dozens of sites where dinosaur remains have been unearthed. Bozeman's Museum of the Rockies has one of the world's largest collections of dinosaur fossils. The excellent Hagerman Fossil Beds in Idaho (nps.gov/hafo) has remains of pre-Ice Age mammals and horses. In Oregon, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (nps.gov/joda) is one of the world's greatest fossil sites, where more than 2,200 plant and animal species have been discovered.
Your timing is excellent: dinosaurs are invading Portland, Oregon this summer. Oregon Zoo (oregonzoo.org), a walk or train ride from downtown Portland, has life-size moving dinosaurs and walking trails for children. Portland Children's Museum is offering the chance to don full-size dinosaur feet and make your own footprints - see Travel Portland (travelportland.com) for details. Lastly, if you're visiting the Oregon Coast, scenic Port Orford has prehistoric gardens with life-size replica dinosaurs hiding in thick rainforest.
Did you know that you can see dinosaur tracks without leaving the UK? Keats Quarry near Swanage in Dorset has dino - possibly diplodocus - footprints over a metre across. See jurassiccoast.com for more details.


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WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/03/12 -- The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Manitoba has submitted its report to the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. The report, which redraws the province's federal electoral map, was tabled in the House of Commons today.
The commission has adjusted the boundaries of 12 electoral districts out of a possible 14. The electoral boundaries of Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia (to be renamed Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley) and Winnipeg Centre have remained unchanged. The report follows the public hearings that took place across the province between October 9 and 19, 2012.
"As an independent body, the approach of the commission has been non-partisan. We would like to thank all Manitobans who participated in this important democratic exercise of determining fair and reasonable boundaries for Manitoba's 14 ridings. The information and opinions provided enriched our understanding of the diversity of our province's communities," said the Honourable Justice Richard Chartier, chair of the three-member commission.
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I'm literally beside myself because I can't download an update of a theme I've been working on and I deleted the previous version sitting on my computer and server. In my downloads folder, there is a message that reads "Download not available. Item reached download limit."
Please, I have purchased many scripts from Envato and was not even aware of this limit. I have submitted a support ticket 5 days ago and still have not received a response. My website is totally paralyzed.
Could anyone please help? Unique ID is 18480.
Best regards, George
Hi, contacting support was the right move. I marked your post here for a staff member to reply.
To speed up the process even more, you can try to contact @envato_support via twitter and tell them your Ticket ID.
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@Creattive Flagging the post was the right move, as I was already here!
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Thank you for your patience!
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