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Back in the day...the first and last song of my day. Today, the song I listened to first. Needless to say..a REAL favorite of mine.
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[THIS WEEK IN SOCCER: March 17-23] Barcelona needs a result at Real Madrid Sunday in Spain's Clasico to stay in the hunt for La Liga title. The Chelsea-Arsenal London derby also has title implications in the Premier League, while Concacaf Champions League action continues for three MLS clubs.
TUESDAY, March
The atmosphere should be -- well -- caliente at the Estadio Caliente for Tijuana-LA Galaxy (live on Fox Sports 2 and Galavision at 10
p.m. ET), the first of three MLS-Liga MX second legs in the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals. The Galaxy carries a 1-0 lead across the border but faces a tough challenge against Xolos, which
had a 17-game unbeaten streak on the artificial turf at home snapped three weeks ago.
WEDNESDAY, March 19:
-- MLS clubs Sporting Kansas City and San Jose both face huge tasks on the road at altitude against the two best teams in Mexico's Torneo
Clausura in the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal return legs. Sporting KC holds a 1-0 lead over Cruz Azul but must face La Maquina, which leads the Liga MX with a 9-1-1 record, in Mexico
City (live on Fox Sports 2 and Galavision at 8 p.m. ET). The Earthquakes managed a 1-1 tie against Toluca in their first leg to give them some hope for the trek to La Bombanera, the home of the
Diablos Rojos, who are second in the Liga MX just three points behind Cruz Azul (live on Fox Sports 2 and UDN at 10 p.m. ET).
-- David Moyes' future could be on the line at Manchester United as it attempts to make up a two-goal deficit against Olympiakos at Old Trafford. United, a 2-0 loser in Piraeus, was the only seeded team to lose
its away leg in the UEFA Champions League round of 16. The game comes only three days after United's embarrassing 3-0 loss at home to Liverpool that left it in seventh place in the Premier League.
SATURDAY, March 22:
-- A slate of eight MLS games features home openers for Colorado, Columbus, Montreal
(at Olympic Stadium), New England, Real Salt Lake and Toronto FC. In the day's top game, Real Salt Lake faces the LA Galaxy (live on NBCSN at 4 p.m. ET) in a rematch of their opener two weeks ago RSL
won, 1-0, on a late Joao Plata goal.
-- USL PRO opens its fourth season with two intriguing matchups: defending champion Orlando City travels to
2012 champion Charleston, and LA Galaxy II hosts Orange County Blues in the first game for the LA Galaxy's new USL PRO team.
-- Chelsea's 1-0 loss to Aston Villa on Sunday gave Arsenal a
lifeline heading into the London derby (live on NBCSN at 8:45 a.m. ET). The Gunners, who led the EPL for much of the fall, are now tied with Liverpool four
points behind leader Chelsea with both second-place teams holding a game in hand. (Fourth-place Manchester City is two points behind Arsenal and Liverpool and six behind Chelsea but with two games in
hand on the second-place teams and three on the leader.)
SUNDAY, March 23:
Real Madrid can all but eliminate Barcelona from La Liga race with a
win over the defending champions in Spain's Clasico at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu (live on beIN Sports at 1 p.m. ET). Real Madrid begins the week with a
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Please, please, please can you recommend a non-stick frying pan that remains non-stick for more than five minutes?
Patty Long
Three pleases, Patty, and I'm anyone's. According to our friends at Good Housekeeping, there are three factors that separate the five-minute frying-pan fling from the lifelong love: the type of coating, how adeptly it is applied - and to what - and that it has the minimum three layers that are de rigueur for a non-stick pan with staying power. For this, they suggest that you should expect to part with at least £30. A less expensive pan may provide a quick fix, but it'll be a shallow flirtation.
In its most recent test, Good Housekeeping's top scorer was the mighty Le Creuset, which has fabulous resistance to wear. Admittedly, it's a weighty beast, but I, for one, rather like the idea of frying being the new upper-arm workout. A 26cm pan costs £62 (stockists: 0800 373792, www.lecreuset.com) and comes with a lifetime guarantee.
If £62 feels a little steep, Good Housekeeping's best budget buy, coming in a comforting joint third, was the Stellar Hard Anodised. You get the same 26cm for £28 and, as with Le Creuset, a lifetime guarantee (stockists: 0117-940 0000).
Finally, a spot of TLC never goes amiss. Try a little tenderness when cleaning your pan. Manufacturers recommend that, before first stepping out with your new pan, you bathe it lovingly in warm, soapy water, allow it to dry, heat it to a medium temperature and then wipe the inside with a few teaspoons of cooking oil. Try this every 10-12 uses and you should both be very happy together.
Where can I buy cheap, low-grade rock salt in which to bake a whole fish? I've been tempted to use dishwasher salt (as we're not actually going to eat the salt) but chickened out!
Rachel Bryant, Cambs.
This reminds me of a friend of mine who once attempted poaching a fish of similarly biblical proportions in her dishwasher. I worry about you people sometimes, I really do. Call me a spendthrift, but considering the relative inexpensiveness of salt, how big, exactly, is your fishy? I just couldn't recommend dishwasher salt. I like to think, if it was meant for such purposes, it would be called fish-baking salt.
Having said that, your request was a tricky one. I contacted several major salt sellers, all of whom deal mainly in bulk. Also, their food-grade salt is sea salt, not rock salt but, as it's the coarseness that counts here, this shouldn't matter. BSS International, for example (01780 784141, www.bss-international.com) is happy sell to private customers but the smallest bag it does is 25kg. This costs £4.50 plus Vat, but you would still need to fork out over a tenner for basic postage - unless you're passing through Peterborough and can collect.
And unless you're about to dish up Moby Dick, this far exceeds your requirements. Mind you, I suppose you could always sprinkle it on your garden path on frosty morns.
The Ingredient Company (01778 380 088, theingredientcompany.co.uk) will sell you a kilo bag for 65p, but you'll still need to whack on £4.99 postage. Half a kilo costs 40p and, at this weight, they could post it to you for a total sum of £2.50. There are, however, other staple foodstuffs (herbs, spices, nuts, dried fruit, etc) available at this site and they thoughtfully recommend sharing your order with a friend.
One final tip is that it is well worth asking your local fishmonger when you buy your fish. While I can't vouch for all of them, many carry bags of salt which they don't mind selling on.
I would love to perfect my crumble crust. I find that my savoury crumbles turn out better than the fruit ones.
Sandra Benedetti, Colchester.
I only had to hear the words "perfect" and "crumble" before getting straight on my hotline to Nigella Lawson. Herewith is an exclusive "How to crumble", but should you need more, she has given full vent to her opinion on the matter in How to Eat and How to Be a Domestic Goddess (out now in paperback). "Off the bat," says Nigella, "I'd say that I always use self-raising flour, rather than plain flour, just to give extra lift and lightness, and I think it's best to mix demerara sugar with caster so that you get a little crunchiness in, too, though I just as often mix light muscovado with vanilla-scented caster, which gives a fabulously fudgy taste.
"The butter should be cold when you start rubbing it in to the flour, obviously, but it can help to freeze the crumble mixture for a while before pouring it over the fruit. I suppose this is because if it's so cold, it's less likely to meld with the fruit bubbling up and get claggy underneath. But then what is lovely about a crumble is having the underside slightly soggy and the top with a bit of sandy crunch."
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I have used impact protection gloves, that leave the finger tips exposed, and are padded in the critical area's. I found mine at Harbor Freight! Not sure how small the come in sizes.
Bought my wife the taurus M380. Went to the range today and she is having problems with it hurting the area on the thumb between the thumb and first finger. Have looked on line to see if I can find any shooting gloves but all seem to be too large. Thinking about the Crimson Trace LG385 rubber overmold grips but I have now been on line with Taurus customer service on hold for over 30 min. to see if these grips will fit the mini, same as a small frame revolver. need one or the other.
Thanks for your help.
I have used impact protection gloves, that leave the finger tips exposed, and are padded in the critical area's. I found mine at Harbor Freight! Not sure how small the come in sizes.
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Thanks for the quick response. We have a Harbor Freight close by I can check, didn't think of them.
You can also use self sticking ace wrap. I don't like gloves and when shooting the judge it stings the palm of my hand. A little of the ace wrap and I'm good. Fingers are exposed, nothing is loose and moving around. Nice tight and cushioned. Toss it when your done. You can even buy it in colors at farm stores in the horse section. Oh and I should also mention, because of the type of self adhering material, it's grippy too so no slipping.
Now why didn't we think of that, we have it already.
Thanks MissKitty....
Still on hold with Taurus customer service but, I am #1 now.
The ace wrap is a fantastic idea! i have a shooting glove but even in the smallest size, it has too much material that bunches up on the palm. Wrap and forget!
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get her a limb saver they rock and fit almoust any size gun i had the same issue and i think it was skiff that told me about them
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I got mine at gamder mtn for 10 bucks shell love it and so will you mu jusband bought one after he shot my taurus
guns dont kill people. people kill people. so stop blaiming the guns.
Personally I rarely ever shoot without gloves. It doesn't require much padding - just a little something to keep the rubbing to a minimum. My favorite shooting gloves are Mechanix Originals. They're made with synthetic leather, and are both washable and breathable, and they come in women's sizes. They provide enough dexterity to do things like loading magazines, and they also protect your hands from sharp edges. That's not why I originally started wearing gloves to shoot though - I got tired of having filthy hands every time I got through shooting. They stay a lot cleaner with gloves.
"The marksman aims primarily at himself"
- Zen saying
Check out this link. Gripswell makes a number of shooting gloves for both men and women. I wear them when I shoot and can tell you that they fit well and work as advertised. Many of the women I shoot with also wear them and say they make a difference. Click on the sizing guide and it will tell you how to measure for proper fit.
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attn: Tscarborough, Hurricane Sandy, basement repair, point, parge, insulate
hello. I have never posted to the forum before, but I have followed various threads for a long time now. Advice from all would be appreciated, but the topic seems up Tscarboroughs alley.
Please advise. thank you, Jeffrey
Before going to far have you had any discusion with your insurance company you have your flood insurance with?
Just second hand info but there's been people on this site chating about now having to pay an outragest amount for insurance or get rid of the basement.
Insurance companies will do what they do.
The basement will no longer be a basement in the way it used to be.
If they increase rates across the board which is expected to happen, I will deal with that then.
In the future, tt will be used as a studio.
All of the utilties--heating system, DHW, etc have been relocated to upper levels.
The goal is to have zero organic materials or utilities in the basement.
basically it will be a basement with polished floor and concrete walls. lighting and electrical will run through floor joists.
Because the ceiling height in the basement is 6'6", it would have to take another 12 foot storm surge--what the army corps of engineers is deeming a 250 year storm--to make it above basement level again.
But we are rebuilding as if it will happen tomorrow.
best, J
My suggestion is to use Thoroseal (cement-based coating) and not a paint/sealer since it becomes a part of the concrete in the walls. Do a light pressure wash to remove dirt and loose particles. Follow the Thoroseal mixing (especially timing to allow "fattening" before final water). Mist the walls with a garden sprayer when necessary to maintain a moist (not dripping wet) surface just prior to the application. A bond enhancer/latex may be used. The mix will be as sloppy as pancake batter and should be applied with a large brush (whitewash?) and can be a little rough. A second coat may be applied within the suggested time frame (24 hours?) to make everything prettier and can even be painted/coated.
The result is concrete surface that is more water resistant, but is not a vapor barrier and can accept almost any type of surface you choose depending on your selected systems. It is a sloppy, messy process, but it works well and has been used for architectural and sculptured rehabs and I have specified it on some old dam restorations to create a good surface.
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1965 Cup Winners' Cup: West Ham United 2-0 1860 Munich
Future World Cup winners Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters tasted Wembley triumph over German opponents the previous year, featuring in the West Ham side that beat 1860 Munich. The lesser-known Alan Sealey scored both goals.
1966 Cup Winners' Cup: Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Liverpool
Liverpool's first European final ended in disappointment, as they lost out to Dortmund at Hampden Park. Roger Hunt cancelled out Sigfried Held's opener to send the match to extra-time, where Reinhard Libuda scored the winner.
1973 UEFA Cup: Liverpool 3-2 Borussia Moenchengladbach (agg)
Back in the days of two-leg European finals, Liverpool got the job done as two goals from Kevin Keegan and one from Larry Lloyd gave them a 3-0 win in a first leg played over two days due to heavy rain. Jupp Heynckes - the current Bayern boss - scored a double in Germany to make the tie close, but Liverpool held out.
1975 European Cup: Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United
The second of three European Cups in a row for Bayern, who saw off Leeds at the Parc des Princes. Goals in the last 20 minutes from Franz Roth and Gerd Mueller were enough for Bayern to see off a Leeds side boasting the likes of Bremner, Giles and Lorimer.
1977 European Cup: Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Moenchengladbach
Two years after their UEFA Cup win, Liverpool got the better of Moenchengaldbach again, this time in the big one. Allan Simonsen cancelled out Terry McDermott's opener at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, before Tommy Smith restored Liverpool's lead and Phil Neal converted a late penalty.
1980 European Cup: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburg
Brian Clough's crowning glory, and the game that ensured Forest are alone in winning the European Cup more times than their domestic title. The defending champions retained their title thanks to John Robertson's first-half goal against a Hamburg side featuring Kevin Keegan.
1982 European Cup: Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Villa's only major European honour was secured at De Kuip, and Brian Moore's TV commentary of Peter Withe's winning goal is written on a huge banner at Villa Park: "Shaw, Williams, prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! It's Peter Withe."
1998 Cup Winners' Cup: Chelsea 1-0 VfB Stuttgart
The penultimate Cup Winners' Cup final saw Chelsea lift the trophy for the second time. Substitute Gianfranco Zola's marvellous second-half strike was enough to settle matters in Stockholm. Stuttgart could not mount a comeback despite Dan Petrescu's late red card.
1999 Champions League: Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich
Brinksmanship of the highest order from United, who were hopeless for 90 minutes and irresistible for three. Mario Basler's early free-kick gave Bayern the lead, and as the Germans' ribbons were being attached to the trophy, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer struck in stoppage time to turn the game on its head.
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In general, the Office of the Associate Provost for Teaching and Technology provides the following support services for UF colleges, departments and units:
The Office of the Associate Provost for Teaching and Technology can assist faculty in developing a customized market assessment for non traditional programs. The market assessment includes a comprehensive analysis of the supply and demand patterns of students seeking distance learning opportunities including undergraduate, graduate and (noncredit) or executive level courses /programs. The comprehensive market analysis will provide direct insight into market competition and specific data with regard to potential number of prospective students / enrollments the academic department can expect for a potential distance learning course / program. TNT staff can assist faculty in research design aimed at exploring the competitive advantage of the University of Florida in the higher education non traditional marketplace.
TNT can assist faculty in utilizing the data from the completed market analysis for the development of a business plan and a program proposal for review by the academic department, the college Dean's office and the Office of the Provost. Proposals include: information on the identified need/ demand, how the program will contribute to the overall mission of the University and a budget that demonstrates how and when the program will become self supporting.
The Provost Office provides a variety of online services to support administration of academic programs at the University of Florida. These services vary from registration and fee collection support for non-traditional programs, to credit course evaluations, to online voting for shared governance. For more detailed information on what is available to your unit, department, or academic program, please see the Provost Applications descriptions on the UFIT Technology Support Services website.


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Franchise News Release: Dallas, TX - (Nov-25-2003)
Wingstop opens new corporate store in Dallas
Wingstop Restaurants, Inc., ranked the number one chicken wing chain by Entrepreneur magazine, has announced that it has opened its third corporate-owned location in Dallas.
The new store, Wingstop's 140th location, opened in the Buckner Commons Shopping Center at 9208 E. RL Thornton Freeway, Suite 204. Hours of operation are from 4:00 p.m. to midnight on weekdays and from 11:00 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays and Sundays. Bill Knight, Wingstop COO, says that this is the first corporate store to open in the Dallas area this year and that there will be one more before year's end.
Wingstop recently announced its new strategy to increase the number of corporate stores to as much as 10 percent of the chain's stores nationwide. Knight says that everyone at Wingstop is excited about the new corporate openings and the rapid Franchise expansion.
"It was a strong opening. We're happy to receive such a warm welcome, and look forward to introducing the concept to many new wing eaters in the community and around the country," said Knight
The Wingstop chain recently signed football great and long-time customer, Troy Aikman, as its national spokesman. The chain offers restaurants with a nostalgic, aviation-themed atmosphere where the sole focus is on chicken wings. Wingstop features eight proprietary, value-priced wing flavors, including Original Hot, Cajun, Atomic, Mild, Teriyaki, Lemon Pepper, Hawaiian Barbeque and Garlic Parmesan. The wings are always made-to-order and served steaming-hot. Customers also choose from a variety of 28 domestic and imported beers, wine coolers, soft drinks and homemade side dishes: fresh-cut seasoned fries, bourbon baked beans, pearl potato salad, vegetable sticks, rolls and assorted dipping sauces.
Wingstop currently has 140 restaurants in operation and another 130 under development in 22 states. Entrepreneur magazine ranked Wingstop as number one in the chicken wing category and number five in the 'Top 25 New Franchises' ranking in 2003.
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Directed by: Rob Cohen
Starring: Asia Argento, Samuel L. Jackson, Vin Diesel
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Visible crew/equipment: When Xander and Yelena are in the restaurant and they are shown through the window from outside you can see the reflection of a film crew member in the window.
Revealing mistake: Xander has a XXX tattoo on the back of his neck. There are several scenes where you get a clear shot of the back of the stunt double's neck and there's no tattoo at all. Most noticeably in the scenes during the attack on the cocaine farm.
Factual error: Xander puts a load of those sticky bombs on a line of motorbikes outside the bad guy's house. These bombs had a detonator switch, which Xander has. When he eventually sets them off, the motorbikes blow up in the order that he put the bombs on. These bombs didn't have timers or anything on them, so why would they blow up one by one and not all at the same time?
Continuity mistake: When XXX has to take the second test, after he runs out of the shack where the insane guy is, he finds a dirt bike. The dirt bike changes colours 3 times.
Continuity mistake: When XXX steals the Corvette, we see he breaks one of the side view mirrors. On the following shot we can quickly see that one side view mirror is broken and the other one is not. Then when XXX starts talking we see that both mirrors are broken.
Continuity mistake: When XXX is snowboarding down the mountain in front of the avalanche his goggles change from round to rectangular back to round again. The snowboard also changes repeatedly - from red to blue - throughout the entire run. The tops and bottoms of the boards - when high or low angles are shown - are different for both boards, so you see 4 different colors.
Continuity mistake: When Ahab is launched, and XXX and Yelena are running, Yelena's singlet top changes from blue, to white, then back to blue again in different shots.
Factual error: In the very beginning, where the first agent gets killed, the Russian guy that shoots him says, "Zaraza" which means "bastard" in Russian. The subtitles say "I see him."
Continuity mistake: When Xander throws grenades to make an avalanche he unzips his coat. He fixes his goggles and jumps. In next scene his coat is already zipped up. Clearly he didn't have time to zip it.
Continuity mistake: When Triple X is brought to the diner, he has no jacket on. Later on in the plane, he's got a jacket on. When he's on that farm, the jacket is gone again, but when the raid is going on, he has got his jacket back. I don't know where he's always hiding his jacket, but it must be a really clever place to hide it.
Factual error: When XXX is chatting with the CIA agent sent with the package, the agent mentions that he graduated MIT 'summa cum laude'. This is impossible, as MIT does not award academic honors to graduates.
Continuity mistake: When X ejects the roof of the car towards the end of the scene, you can see that there are no windows attached, however, after the roof is ejected, the windows of the car disappear.
Continuity mistake: When Xander is snowboarding down the mountain to take out the communications tower, he snowboards goofy (right foot in front) to regular (left foot in front) many times. That either means the stuntman is regular footed, or he would have to do a lot of 180's spins, which is impossible to do when there is a giant wave of snow chasing you.
Continuity mistake: When Xander is snowboarding down the mountain to take out the communications tower, there is one point where the avalanche clearly bumps Xander and moves him ahead by about 12 feet. It appears to be a correction in the graphics so that it doesn't appear that the avalanche will outrun him down the mountain, however, poorly edited.
Continuity mistake: When Yelena and X are on the roof of the building he's staying at and Yelena tells him "Remember what I said, after you kissed me? Never again. I lied.", the shot just before he kisses her she is wearing bright red lipstick, but the next shot it's clearly gone. Likely to spare X from red lipstick all over his face.
Factual error: When Xander is snowboarding in front of the avalanche he reaches up and grabs that bar to stop himself. At the speed he is supposed to be traveling he would have been unable to hold on with his mittens on and even if he could, his arms would have been ripped off.
Continuity mistake: When Xander is chasing the sub, he is driving on a road to the left of the river, yet when he comes onto the bridge, the car does a left turn onto the bridge, which indicates that the car was driving down a road to the right of the river.
Continuity mistake: In the scene just after the senator calls the cops, you see XXX round a corner in the Corvette, look closely and you will see both mirrors still intact, but in the next scene, they are gone again.
Continuity mistake: When XXX arrives at Yorgi's mansion, there are girls in the water fountain out front. If you watch Yorgi's large bodyguard, the one that sports 5 or so earrings and a large beard, you will notice that he takes a girl out of the fountain. A split second later the shot changes onto XXX and in the background the large bodyguard is seen taking the same girl out of the fountain again.


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So a friend of mine, Robison Wells, is a very gifted writer and all-around nice guy. He has a beautiful family and a very sweet dog. He suffers from multiple mental illnesses, and has debilitating issues that have stressed his family financially to the breaking point.
I'm pleased to announce that I get to be part of an anthology written by a collection of authors to raise funds for this little family. I'm sharing print space with some amazing people! The authors contributing to the anthology, Altered Perceptions, are:
Brodi Ashton
Annette Lyon
Sarah Eden
Luisa Perkins
J. Scott Savage
Ally Condie
Jennifer Moore
Nancy Campbell Allen
Josi Kilpack
Jessica Day George
Larry Correia
Kiersten White
Brandon Mull
Erin Bowman
Bree Despain
Shannon Hale
Sara Zarr
Aprilynne Pike
Claudia Gray
Lauren Oliver
SJ Kincaid
Seanan McGuire
Carrie Jones
Dan Wells
Rob Wells
Brandon Sanderson
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Many times, the expected way is fine. Not great – but fine.
We design for the guys who refuse to accept "fine".
They're the solvers – the ones reconsidering the problems that everyone else thought had already been reconciled. They believe there's always a better way and, driven by curiosity and an inherent passion for the discovery process, they'll work tirelessly until that better way is achieved.
Jason "Singer" Smith is that guy. In 2000, Smith – at the time, a climber and equipment designer for The North Face – was leading a TNF-sponsored expedition in Kyrgyzstan when he and his partners were kidnapped by a guerrilla army and held hostage for six days. Survival depended on quick, careful thinking, which finally culminated in the group pushing its captor off a cliff and then a subsequent escape to safety.
Having taken the time to make sense of the experience and why he and his teammates took the steps we did, Smith now uses the episode as a tool to teach decision-making by pursuit of the best possible outcome. Here, we catch up with him to learn more.
What do you think others can others learn about problem solving through your experience in Kyrgyzstan?
It's an almost-perfect example of what classical economists call an imaginary construct or Robinson Crusoe economy - a set of false assumptions used to isolate cause-and-effect relationships in order to determine subjective value - except that this one is almost entirely interpersonal. Once we were captured, the number of options available to us were few and pretty much all outcomes that may have resulted from possible external factors were negative. So we were looking at catastrophic potential consequences combined with the absolute necessity of improving our own situation. I go through that decision process step-by-step and, whether one agrees with me or not, there's a lot to consider. I think part of what impacts people about my story is that it's easy for them to imagine themselves in it, what they might have done, and how self-evident many of the conclusions are. Maps and diagrams paint the scenario clearly and I stop at critical junctures to ask, "Okay, what do we do now?". I would say that value, time, and happiness are the three concepts that I like to get people thinking about the most.
Did your experience challenge any preconceived notions you had about how you would act in an adverse situation?
I had been though a number of dodgy situations prior to being kidnapped so I did have some sense of my ability to remain calm and act rationally under pressure. Mostly, however, my experience was in the context of being alone when nobody was going to solve anything for me and the only consequence was losing my own life. Things are much different when you consider yourself responsible for the lives of other people and I don't think anyone can really predict how they are going to act in that kind of situation until they are in it. The overall experience of losing your freedom is difficult to convey.
What motivates you to solve problems?
That I can. My top three motivators are probably the opportunity to learn something new, increasing efficiency, and assisting other people. Most of the barriers we confront in life are knowledge-based and my experience has been that it is incredible what you can achieve if you try really, really hard at just about anything. We are lucky to live in a world where people have generated a fantastic amount of knowledge as well as the tools to disseminate it. Knowledge leads to efficiency, and efficiency to increased potential. In The Art of War, Sun Tzu notes that, "What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease".
Any tried-and-true work rituals?
I'm not sure "ritual" is the right word, but I am systematic. Just as Master Sun begins the method with measurement and estimation of quantity, I begin with a lot of questions: What do I want? How much do I value that? Compared to what? What is the alternative? What is the potential consequence? Where does knowledge end and assumption begin? What do I know that I don't know? I like the be precise in defining the objective and to organize everything into groups of three.
How do you choose your mentors?
I thought they were choosing me! Mentors are natural teachers who recognize things like innate ability, potential, and dedication and make a personal choice to contribute. It's your job as a student to demonstrate those sorts of qualities and, when you do, kind and helpful people seem to appear like magic. I'm inquisitive, enthused to try just about anything, and accept readily how little I know - which are the same qualities that compel me to teach another. If you look hard enough, every single person in the world is a specialist, and a potential teacher, at something; that is, there is some task that they are more proficient at than you are. You could spend a week with a five-year-old child in Afghanistan and be mystified by how much you learned.
What problem are you working on now? What's your process?
I'll avoid getting too philosophical, but I suppose that my process starts by not seeing problems at all. The sort of framework that I've adopted is that life itself is an unceasing stream of options from which we must choose; we rate those options with varying degrees of desirability and by their likelihood of success. That, fundamentally, is human nature - that we perpetually act to improve our condition in the world. There's a slightly ironic overlap there between Buddhism and economics there insofar as everything we do is a reaction to conditions that already are, judging events as 'good' or 'bad' is a function of one's own mind, and contentment is the ultimate goal. That framework contains important implications such as accepting things you can't change and recognizing wealth as being content with what you have. Seeing everything I do as a choice immediately discards the negative aspects and ensures that the bright side is always apparent; things can always get worse and it sometimes worth being grateful that they haven't already.
Right now I'm in the process of shifting back to the US after almost fifteen years of traveling and living overseas. I would guess that I've spent around five or six years in Asia, a couple in Europe, and have been based in Australia for the last seven. On one hand, I feel like I'm stepping out of a time warp and need to somehow "catch up" with everyone else who has been busy. But, on the other, I've been really fortunate to visit places that not a lot of people get to and have crossed paths with some tremendously interesting people. I met a guy once, for example, who captained a German battleship in WWII; the opportunity to sit around for week asking questions of someone like that is pretty rare.
My focus is on finding ways to share my story in a way that others can benefit from what was a reasonably unfortunate experience. It turns out that getting kidnapped will give a person a lot to think about. Any sort of meaningful reflection about something like that takes a lot of time and effort to sort out. I don't think any of us were ready to do so in the past but, after having a lot of time to process it, I'm ready now to happily share. I go about most things by myself with the support of my wife but have also been working with a speech writer toward the end of organizing and packaging my message.
In your mind, where's the most special place to climb?
Climbing to me is all about the journey and removing myself from civilization so I aim for an environment in which I feel the most comfortable, untethered, and independent. I've been on seven trips to the Arctic so that has become a place where I feel free and experience a sort of reset. I doubt, however, that there will ever be a a replacement for home and that is the mountains in Utah where I am about to embark on a long walk.
What attracts you to a new climbing route? What do you do when you get stuck?
I'm not much of a "new-router" but I like natural, prominent lines done in minimalist style, in a remote places with a bit of suffering. Kind of a recipe for soloing, really. There is "stuck" in which I retreat to safety and reassess, or there's the "stuck" which simply takes reminding myself that whatever I'm doing I chose to do for my own benefit and moving on.
What have you learned recently?
I've been admiring elements of the United States that I previously took for granted or lacked the perspective to appreciate. Geographically, that is the great outdoors. Culturally, the "can-do" attitude that Americans are known for, often begrudgingly, has been refreshing.


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I haven't blogged here for a while... Let's fix that right now. Everybody, it seems, loves lists around here. So, here's another one. For no particular reason, and in no particular order: here's 5 games you should've already played without me having to tell you to... but I'll tell you to anyway. Just so you know, this is merely a random sampling from the top of my head, I'm sure there are many more games you should have played that I can't think of.
5. Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates Java-Based Three Rings Design -- Self-Published
MMOs are everywhere nowadays, and even back with the game came out (2003) there was no shortage of them. However, pirate-themed MMOs are rare even now, and this one's got a gameplay concept that makes it completely unique. Like the name suggests, you will be doing puzzles, a lot of puzzles. In fact, every thing you do as a character, from rigging sails and swordfighting to foraging for commodities or building a ship, is represented by a puzzle game specific to that activity. It's free, so I could recommend it to you solely because it's basically free access to a bunch of puzzle games, but the framework under which you have to do the puzzles is also very well done. Players have to work together to help move ships and cargo from island to island (or to attack other vessels on the open ocean) and the economy is entirely player driven, players own and work in stores that require raw commodities to be brought to them in order to produce all manner of items. Player factions can even own an modify the islands themselves. It really is interesting how these disparate elements work so well together. One caveat, if you don't really care for puzzle games, this game won't carry much appeal for you. Barring that, I recommend you check it out sometime.
4. Zack & Wiki: The Quest for Barbaros' Treasure Wii Capcom -- Capcom
Now, I'm sure anyone with a Wii who has been around IGN since the old Nintendo team was here has probably gotten tired of being told they should buy this game. As someone who played the game extensively over last summer, I can say that they were absolutely right. There's a good reason it's still 16th on IGN's list of top Wii games even 3 years after it's release. It is an step forward for an dying genre. This game takes some of the less enjoyed puzzle-solving aspects of adventure games (namely, the hoarding of all things not nailed down to use exactly once in an esoteric or non-intuitive way often much later in the game) and eschews them in favor of a shorter, stage-based approach: no inventory, use only what's in each area to get through it. This, along with the well-designed stages, likable characters, nice art style and music, and well implemented motion controls, make this a must play. 3. Beyond Good & Evil GameCube, PS2, XBox, PS3, XBox 360 Ubisoft Montpellier -- Ubisoft
Michel Ancel, the creator of Rayman, was the leading creative force behind this game. This one's a bit more plot heavy, and I don't want to spoil for you. You play as a young woman named Jade, and there's a war with aliens going on. Gameplay is essentially 3D Zelda-esque with much more emphasis on stealth and photography. While the gameplay elements aren't groundbreaking or perfect, the execution as a game as a whole is what makes it good. The world and characters are superbly designed (minor NPCs have just enough development for you to care about them without them overshadowing the main characters), and the music is truly excellent, as is the storytelling. This was supposed to be the first part of a trilogy, and while that's supposedly still going to happen, it couldn't hurt to get a few more people behind it. Fortunately, if you missed out last gen, it's not too late. An HD port with updated graphics is headed to the PSN and XBLA next year, so get it this time. I want the rest of the trilogy.
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I also have heard that they don't support toys for tots either. I will not shop at target.
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I would take target off my shopping list, but I dont go there. Darn!
Once again, the rumor mill runs rampant and urban legends are presented as fact. Check out the following regarding Target:
Life was more interesting before snopes
You could really get worked up and angry about something.
Now you have to check and see if it is true or not.
But what's funny is how many of the old chain letters have made the transition to email now. Just a few tweaks and they're off and running again. And even with Snopes and other urban legend sites, people continue to reprise the same tired old rumors. They believe what they want to believe, and don't worry about checking the facts. Maybe it's just laziness.
I rarely shop target due to their lack of sporting goods ,guns and fishing equiptment.
Just for clarity, the source on this story IS a legit news organization.
I don't do the Target thing either...the redneck in me is partial to WalMart.
The manager making a press statement and denying the incident without even talking to his assistant manager proves that his attitude of calling the Marines version of the story incorrect is total bull kaka. Just another reason I'll not spend my money at Target.


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The chief executive of the retail giant saw sales in the 14 weeks to May rise 2.2% overall. That was largely driven by new space and the growth of the Directory arm, which sells via the internet and a catalogue.
Sales on the High Street were down 1.9%, a bit worse than some analysts had hoped for.
"The overall message is that trading is extremely volatile," he said. "For the last three or four years Directory has been the main growth engine, but the other aspect is new space. We are still opening profitable new stores."
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Next customers are feeling the pinch. Said Wolfson: "We anticipate that the continuing decline in real earnings will depress discretionary spending for at least the next 18 months, if not longer."
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The shares gained 125p to 4527p. Panmure Gordon says they have further to rise. "Our buy rating is based on our long term view that Next will continue to be a winner in the online race, given its historic and ongoing investment in home shopping, which has put it miles ahead of the competition in multichannel retail. We reiterate our buy rating and 4840p price target."
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Always glad to read your drivel, SixBravo!
Sound like you had one heck of a time - definitely something I'll need to look into when we move to AZ.
This is a discussion on ITFT / Quick Kill Review within the Defensive Carry & Tactical Training forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; In the spirit of the Gunsite Blog, I'll give a brief rundown on what my experience was this weekend and my run through Robin "Brownie" ...
In the spirit of the Gunsite Blog, I'll give a brief rundown on what my experience was this weekend and my run through Robin "Brownie" Brown's Integrated Threat Focused Training / Quick Kill class. For a little reference, my experience may be largely different from others because myself, and a few others camped-out at the site with Brownie. So we got a little more of the experience. And that's NOT a bad thing.
Starting the Class:
Firearm: HK USP .40 Compact
Ammunition: 2050 rounds (Half were reloads)
Mags: Four Standard HK Ten-Round Magazines
Before going much further into this, I'll say it right now: This is *not* a class that's about lightning-quick tactical reloads, fancy breathing techniques or taught by the latest greatest shooter who can put every round through the same molecule at 200 yards with a .22 snubbie. This course is about different shooting positions and ideas as to how to survive a gunfight. This is a no-frills or fufu course that gets into the meat of streetable techniques. No classroom, minimum BS, you will learn by watching and then doing. Throughout the days, Brownie is enthusiastic and keeps the energy up so when you're about ready to keel over, you STILL want more.
Going through the first day, we started at 9am and except for a few small breaks and lunch - we were on the firing line all day. If we weren't shooting, we were discussing the different applications of one technique and talking the merits of using it versus a different one. It sounds bad to say this, but off the top of my head I cannot remember everything I was taught.
Is it because some of it was stupid and worth forgetting? Ha!! No way. I'm just tired and between bathes of aloe right now so things are hazy.
But getting back to it, it doesn't matter that I cannot remember all of the details right now. Brownie packs a LOT into two days. He teaches a lot of things that once you have the basics of, its all refining the art (and really - it is!) to what suits you best. You can go onto his forum and get a rundown of what was covered in the class and INSTANTLY everything comes back. These skillsets are things that he opens the doors to you on and its just up to you to step through and practice back home and on the range. Well... private range. Most ranges don't take kindly to rapid fire or half the stuff you learn.
Much as I scribbled in the Gunsite Blog, I'm not going to give away any details or try and describe how to do that. If Brownie wants to post it up on his forum, he can do it. But I wouldn't be able to do it justice anyway. Really, and to be dead honest, this stuff needs to be seen to be fully appreciated (if not believed). When I got there Friday night, him and Mike were telling me I'd be able to rapid-fire every round into a torso from +21' in under 2 seconds by Saturday afternoon. I chuckled. What do you say to that??? I still didn't know the next afternoon when I did it on my second try! But I'll tell you, I was grinning like an idiot.
Sunday rolls around and we cover a lot of review from the previous day. Basic stuff to the class and Core skills. Once thats loaded into our minds we moved off into running drills/sprints. I'll be dead honest, I have NEVER seen or heard of a more stable or accurate firing technique for shooting on the move. Some of the other skills he shows, and we even got some demo and practice on handgun disarms, are nuts.
After the shooting was done today, we sat down and had a discussion about what was learned. It was pointed-out that Quick Kill, while is a GREAT technique, it is not the end-all be-all for every situation. It was an honest talk that reinforced the idea that every shooter needs to learn what works best for them and think about what will work best for whatever situation they might be placed in. It was never directly said, but that was the topic. And while that seems like a trivial thing to mention - it speaks volumes to the quality of the instruction. Some may disagree and live by a certain mantra that says there is only one correct way for each person. Fine. No problem. Stay over there. In a community with flashed names and big name schools, Brownie's course is refreshing.
Really, I would say that this course is an absolute must-take for anyone serious about self defense. You will blow yourself away with what you learn and how easy some of it is. For the skillset Brownie teaches, for the cost that he charges, it is hands-down worth it. Better than Gunsite? I'd say yes. But its two different set-ups and comparing them gets tough. Both teach good skillsets but I would say that QK and the associated techniques are much more likely to be used. No joke, one of the guys who came (forum member - TacticalCompact) brought his wife. From what I understand, she's not an experienced shooter by any stretch. She came in and just.. WOW!! I was totally impressed but not 100% shocked. Its so intuitive. Really... the gun becomes an extension of your hand.
Oh.. by the way.. did I mention that I saw my gun in focus exactly once while on the line ALL weekend. Once. Sights? Yeah, right. And no, I'm not joking. I'm being quite literal! Once. That was it.
Brownie, guys: I stand by what I said at the roundtable afterwards. 9 out of 10. I will be taking this course again and more of your offerings before I consider heading back to Gunsite or ANY other big name school.
Total Rounds Fired: 1150
Number of Cleaning Sessions: 0
The HK ran flawlessly. This gun never complains or gripes or hiccups when its shoved through the most intensive firing sessions. It was cleaned beforehand and all I did was lube slightly Sunday morning. I *highly* recommend bringing a serious gun to this class. If your firearm has very tight tolerances and may not stand-up to sustained high temps, you should probably bring something else. Or if they have a rep of breaking a certain part - bring spares.
I brought 2050 rounds. Why didn't I shoot much more than half? Damndest thing... I kept having to reload. Four mags, while it might get you through the class, is NOT enough. One guy, Eli, had a bunch of hi-caps for his Glock and he was havin' a good ol' time. You need a minimum of five 10-rounders. I'd suggest six or seven hi-caps. Just me, though.
My suggestions to those thinking of taking this class:
-Bring gloves or tape for your fingers. Especially if you shoot something larger than 9mm. Bring it for the 9mm if you have soft hands.
-Bring your shotgun, lots of ammo, and plenty of clays. Seeing Brownie hit the bits 'n pieces of what you thought you decimated will make you cry. And like it.
-Take the class ASAP.
Hopefully the other guys who took this can chime in and voice their thoughts. Maybe help me organize mine. This was a little scattered.
Sgt443, TacComp, Daddy (when you join)... VERY fine shooting. Especially you, Sgt. Very impressive all weekend. Even through your slide. It truly was a pleasure to take that class with you all.
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ITFT / Quick Kill Review"It is enough to note, as we have observed, that the American people have considered the handgun to be the quintessential self-defense weapon." - Justice Scalia, SCOTUS - DC v Heller - 26 JUN 2008
Always glad to read your drivel, SixBravo!
Sound like you had one heck of a time - definitely something I'll need to look into when we move to AZ.
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Man, I was so close to being able to take this course when it was here in Florida but I just couldnt afford it. I will definitely have to save for this one and make it my vacation this year if it comes close enough to me again.
"Engage your brain before you engage your weapon" - James "Mad Dawg" Mattis
First I'd like to thank you for attending the ITFTS training event in Flagstaff this last weekend, secondly for your thoughts here on the training provided to those who may one day need to defend themselves with a handgun.
It sounds bad to say this, but off the top of my head I cannot remember everything I was taught.
Some of the 14 seperate skills which were presented and covered in two days were:
elbow up/elbow down [ Fairbairn/Sykes 1/2 hip ]
Fairbairn/Sykes 3/4 hip [ eye/hand coordination skills to shoot where you are looking ]
F/S point shoulder [ eye/hand coordination skills to shoot where you are looking at greater distances ]
zipper [ shooting from the hip to full extension as soon as the gun is drawn from the holster putting 4-5 rds on threat before you reached full extension ]
bump [ body and head shots from the hip ]
Quick Kill from the hip [ more than one threat with the elbow placed in the "pocket" in front of the hip ]
Quick Kill [ peripheral vision shooting skills ] from 5 yrds out to 70 yrds ]
shooting an immediate threat behind you without moving your feet or turning to face the threat and then the same skill with movement to get out of the kill zone while continuing to fire rapidly [ you'll remember this one as "winding up, and the "unwinding" with movement ].
High compressed ready
"Sprint and hits" [ exploding out of the kill zone left and right one handed to the weak side, two handed to the strong side ]
Flat out running laterally to the threat while firing from both the strong side and weak side. [ I'll be dead honest, I have NEVER seen or heard of a more stable or accurate firing technique for shooting on the move.] Quick Kill gets your focus on the threat, not the gun. Do you remember the analogy of walking with the full cup of coffee and why threat focused skills such as Quick Kill allow you to smooth out the guns movement while running?
"Enhanced Peripheral Vision" [ two guns fired simultaneously on two threats 6 feet apart [ one gun in each hand ] without looking at either threat from about 8 feet out ] This skill gets the students to advance the idea of further expanding/developing the use of your peripheral vision. Enhanced Peripheral Vision © - Threat Focused Forums
Everyone got to shoot my sightless 45 govt model with the Quick Kill skills. My "Sightless" 45 used for training purposes - Threat Focused Forums
Saturday nights shoot off with the shotguns after I showed everyone the rifle Quick Kill with the bb gun was a blast. Your considerable skills with that pistol gripped shotty on ariels was a real treat for me personally. I'd never have imagined it was possible with the hit %'s you were having if I hadn't seen it myself. Very, very nice sir.
I hope everyone picked up some good ideas on the gun disarming side of SD situations in Sunday afternoons demonstrations/exercises. Most people make disarms too complicated which adversely affects a successful outcome here. You should now understand that if you can touch the gun, you can take it away without being shot.
Your review brought up a few points that I'd like to address while we're at it here:
Some schools spend a lot of time on handhold, trigger control issues. If you'll remember, I was able to adjust a few students handhold/trigger finger control on the fly while they were shooting which increased their hits exponentially immediately.
Another big time consumer in some schools is their idea of a "proper" or safe draw stroke. I briefly touched on the "scoop" draw I use, but there was no training time spent in attempting to correct anyones draw stroke in anyway. I find that most students quickly develop their draw stroke in the ITFTS courses without much intervention/corrective measures.
If you remember, I asked the students to go full speed on the command to fire from the holster in the afternoon the first day, and everyone was at or under a one second draw stroke to first shot on threat. Your mind and body are capable of determining how to get the gun out in the fastest possible manner without spending valuable training time on someone else's idea of a "correct" draw stroke.
Not one student came close to dropping their firearm when asked to go full tilt from the holster to shots on threat without effort/time spent advocating one draw stroke method over another. I prefer to challenge/push the students in speed and find students quickly figure out the fastest way to execute the skill from their holster with their own unique body structure.
Again, I thank you for your input and thoughts on the training I provide relative real world self defense skills which will increase the chances of surviving a potential lethal encounter with a sidearm/handgun based on the "time/distance" equation presented on the streets.
Looking forward to training with you again in the future. We had a great weekend in Flagstaff. It's personally rewarding to watch students arrive with varying degrees of gun handling skills easily picking up the skills presented in the ITFTS course of fire in such a short time. It goes without saying that if you can replicate the skills presented almost immediately that the skills take advantage of ones own natural ability.
As you mentioned, ITFTS opens doors to using ones natural eye/hand coordination and physical abilities we all generally possess.
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thanks for the review
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Couldn't have said it better myself. This class is exactly what I've been looking for, and money well spent. Talk about wanting more, my wife was in the backyard today with my airsoft beretta 92 practicing her QK skills :)This is a no-frills or fufu course that gets into the meat of streetable techniques. No classroom, minimum BS, you will learn by watching and then doing. Throughout the days, Brownie is enthusiastic and keeps the energy up so when you're about ready to keel over, you STILL want more.+1 I haven't been so tired, beat-up, sore, sun-burned, and wished I could go back for more EVER!!! This was a tough couple of days because I irresponsibly neglected to cover myself in sunscreen. However, I found it hard to leave even at the end of the day when I was frustrated and burnt out from looking from the striker guide rod I'd lost from my Kahr while cleaning it. I just wanted to stay!I'm just tired and between bathes of aloe right now so things are hazyI'll vouch for that!!!But I'll tell you, I was grinning like an idiot.Simply amazing. I tried to run that Glock on the steel plates using my sights. I got maybe 4 hits from a mag of 15. While using the QK methods I got maybe 4 misses from a full mag!!!I have NEVER seen or heard of a more stable or accurate firing technique for shooting on the move.
This is something everyone should take if you want to win should you find yourself in a gunfight. Videos soon to come :D
I wanted to also mention that I was able to hit the lid of a 55 gallon drum from 50+ yards using a Springfield 1911 .45 with NO SIGHTS. WITH ONE SHOT THE FIRST TRY. I dare you to do that with your sights.
Here is a video of Sgt443 demonstrating his QK skills:
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And another video of my wife first, then me, shooting some steel plates without looking at our guns:
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It should be noted that my wife had shot a total of about 50-75 rounds through her new MK9 before taking this class. It should also be noted that the misses in these videos would not be misses at all on paper or a real target. Watching my wife, it looked that her misses would have been headshots! Hard to say for sure, but by the looks of the paper targets after a similar drill, I believe it. Anyway, we came away feeling very good about this. No 2" groups at 200 yards, no. But in a gun fight, I want enough holes in enough different organs to STOP whatever threat I find looming.
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Thanks for throwing those vids up of Sgt443 and you and your wife on the range.
I think you might have a video of your wife on the silhouette targets moving laterally as well. Both of you are doing just fine threat focused on the plates. Those plates are a -1 score on an IDPA target.
Sgt443, well, what more needs to be said------great runs all weekend sir.
The mind is the limiting factor
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Thanks Brownie. This was a good class and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I found the material was presented well, and in a logical progression. Anyone contemplating taking the class can be assured they will leave with confidence in more than a few skill sets.
Also I enjoyed the company of everyone that attended.
Those Vids are amazing!!!!!
I hope to be able to take one of Brownies classes one day.
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
We're working on getting the ITFTS course into your area in the future.
Some of the other skills he shows, and we even got some demo and practice on handgun disarms, are nuts.
Here's a vid clip of myself with a gun pointed at my head back in 2003. The disarming skills shown in the Flagstaff class last weekend were just extra curricular to the ITFTS program, but I may start to include them regularly at the end of the second days training if people want to learn them.
YouTube - Gun disarming---Next victim please-----
The mind is the limiting factor
Quick Kill Rifle and Pistol Instructor
Ok, I must know how to look in to this class. I have tried searching and Google only turns up many posts from other forums such as this telling how valuable the class was.
Where can one go to look in to it and find out how much to ask the Wife for so I can go?
"Don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt
Hi Paco,
I appreciate your current interest in the Integrated Threat Focused Training Systems [ ITFTS ] course of fire.
ITFTS has it's own forum where a lot of information can be gleaned relative the cost of our courses as well as private instruction from 1-3 days depending on what the students objectives are here in the Sonoran Desert of Az. with myself.
See the web address under my sigline here for more information. If you have further specific questions, you may reach me through arizonaqkr "at" yahoo dot com, through pm here or our site.
Thanks again for your questions
The mind is the limiting factor
Quick Kill Rifle and Pistol Instructor
Ah, then I briefly saw that, I was looking for a web site or something, so I have what I need then. Now I just gotta wrangle some cash away and this elusive thing called vacation time I keep hearing about.
I look forward to some day taking this class, the videos are awesome.
"Don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt
Love the videos, Jesse! Thanks for posting those.
Brownie, thanks for the repost of all the skills. Been practicing hard the last few days. It really does get more and more natural with each session. I just need to get me some of those steel plates!!! haha
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ITFT / Quick Kill Review"It is enough to note, as we have observed, that the American people have considered the handgun to be the quintessential self-defense weapon." - Justice Scalia, SCOTUS - DC v Heller - 26 JUN 2008
Yeah, I'm gonna have a welder friend of mine make me some of those plates, but I think I might make them with heads (lol). Now I just need to get me some Glocks and some 33 round mags ahahahaha


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As part of an ongoing series, Inside Lacrosse is scouring its archives to bring you years worth of instructional tips that you may have missed. Below, Nathaniel Badder explains how the first five minutes of the second half often dictate a game's outcome and pushes coaches to know what they are doing at halftime. This article first appeared in the November 2005 Issue.
When I was a freshman defenseman at Middlebury, we were a band of bright-eyed kids from a small school in Vermont, barely a blip on the national lacrosse radar. So when our 1995 spring break trip took us to Maryland's Eastern Shore, we were shocked and delighted to find ourselves trailing perennial DIII powerhouse Salisbury by only a goal at halftime. Down 3-2, we stormed back onto the field to start the third quarter, confidently chanting, "We can beat these guys!"
Before we'd even caught our breaths, the Sea Gulls had pulled ahead 10-3 … and the fourth quarter hadn't even started. It was clear that, at least on that day, we weren't going to beat these guys.
That experience taught me two valuable lessons. First, I learned that that Salisbury team was, in the truest sense of the word, awesome—attackman Jason Coffman is still the NCAA's career leader in points at any level, midfielder Jake Bergey was a legitimate All-American even as a sophomore and defenseman Chris McQueeney was as good as any Division I longpole. And second, I realized just how critical the first few minutes of the second half are in determining the outcome of a game.
Timeouts give coaches just enough time to get their players off the field and back onto it in new positions. Quarter breaks provide an opportunity to water the troops and pass out new marching orders, but they don't offer much chance for reflection or adjustment. It is halftime that affords coaches and players a rare moment of calm during the 60-minute hurricane that is a lacrosse game.
IN MANY WAYS, the opening 30 minutes of a lacrosse game resembles a first date—it's a feeling-out process.
"Halftime," as Princeton coach Bill Tierney says, "is the reality." And the second half, consequently, hinges on who reacts more prudently to the first two quarters. But the preparation starts long before the locker room chat begins.
With up to a week between games, lacrosse, especially at the Division I level, has started to mimic football. That is, coaches log long hours preparing for each game, pouring over game tapes, scouting reports and coffee pots, hoping to find even the slightest exploitable chink in their opponents' armors as they create game plans.
The added time also allows them the chance to put into place back-up plans … and back-up plans for the back-up plans. Since lacrosse games, again like that awkward first date, rarely go smoothly, these pre-packaged adjustments often prove to be invaluable. As such, halftime becomes the microwave oven for these ready-made alternatives.
The 10-minute break is a time to look back and evaluate the first two quarters. According to Tierney, it's "a chance to take a gasp of air, think things out and let [the team] know what happened." It's a time to tweak matchups and shuffle lineups, to switch clears and alter defensive rotations. It's a time to refocus and bolster confidence. It's a time to address areas where you struggled and to build on those in which you excelled. It's also a time to look forward.
"We talk a lot about the next possession [the first of the second half]," says Salisbury coach Jim Berkman. "At this critical time of the game, we want to make sure we don't waste a single possession, that we treat the ball with more respect and that we get a good shot every time down the field."
That doesn't mean that they forsake defense, though.
"We really focus on getting back in the hole too," Berkman says. "We don't want to give up any transition goals in the first five minutes of the third quarter."
That full-field approach may help explain why the Gulls outscored their opponents 97-35 in third quarters last year—their most potent offensive quarter and their second-stingiest defensive one. Their 62-goal third-quarter differential (as opposed to 54 in the first, 52 in the second and 27 in the fourth) emphatically knocked the wind from the sails of many opponents and blazed the trail for their undefeated run to the 2005 national championship.
HALFWAY THROUGH a contest, pregame jitters have subsided, but the finality of the second half—as Holy Cross coach Adam Pascal puts it, "There isn't another halftime coming up"—adds fuel to an already pressure-packed fire. More teams than ever now feature a slowed-down, possession-oriented, grind-it-out game plan. And more games each year seem to be won or lost by only a goal or two.
So, for the team that's ahead, netting a few goals early in the third quarter can reestablish their first-half dominance and put the game out of reach. And, for the team that's trailing, a nice run to start the third can swing the game's momentum in their favor, catapulting them right back within striking distance.
Unfortunately, understanding the importance of this time and capitalizing on it are two entirely different beasts. Each game, each team, each coach and each player is different; there is no "Halftime for Dummies" to illustrate the best way to take control during the first minutes of the second half. But it's undeniable that striking the right balance between emotional inspiration and technical adjustment can mean the difference between a quick start and a slow one—between a win and a loss.
To best take advantage of this opportunity, Tierney encourages somewhat of a solemn mood. "Our halftimes tend to be very calm," he says. "I save the rah-rah emotional stuff for our pregame warmup."
Berkman opens all of his halftime sermons with an affirmation. "I always try to start with something positive," he says. "Even if we're getting the snot kicked out of us, I want to start with something we did well."
Nazareth coach Rob Randall likes to remind his guys why they're out there in the first place.
"No matter what the score is," he says, "we tell them that there's a lot of lacrosse left; to go out, be loose and have some fun."
There is a lot of lacrosse left. And if you don't stay loose in the first five minutes of the second half, it might seem like even more.
Regardless of your personal style or your team's strengths, here are a few suggestions for taking advantage of this critical (half)time:
Less is more—As Salisbury's Jim Berkman likes to say, "Keep it simple, stupid." That is, don't try to cram in too much between the halves. Three or four key points is the most that a band of physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted lacrosse players can possibly focus on as they trudge back onto the field. Give them any more and you risk diluting your core message. (If need be, it's a great time to pull a guy off to the side to address an issue individually, rather than in front of the whole group.)
Check the scoreboard—Generally speaking, when things are going well, you don't need to make as many adjustments as you do when your team is playing from behind. If that's the case, focus on maintaining effort levels and continuing to outplay the opponent.
Repetitive redundancy—Routines are important. For instance, at Princeton, Bill Tierney always speaks first at the half and is followed by associate head coach Dave Metzbower. Then Tierney takes the floor again before opening it up to the players. After some remarks by upperclassmen, the team heads back onto the field to loosen up.
Open your ears—The players are out on the field and may see something that you can't from the sideline. Listen to their suggestions and employ them if they have merit.
Shut your mouth and move your feet—Ten minutes can pass in a flash, so be sure to finish your talk early enough to leave the team a few minutes to limber up and throw the ball around before the start of the third quarter.
Practice what you preach—It's one thing to say this time of a game is important. But it's another altogether to practice taking control of a game. Use situational scrimmages to get your team used to coming out firing in the second half.


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He said they ultimately never got the money. Mr. Lafontaine added that Mr. Beatty also opted to take 20 per cent of his "return to profitability" bonus in 2003 in stock and took all of his restricted share unit payments in stock. He said Mr. Beatty had to pay tax on the payouts, but held onto those shares until recently, meaning they became worthless.
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