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The dozen critical elements of modern firearms training
Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Updated: November 16th, 2009 09:14 AM EDT
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It can easily be argued that the job of a law enforcement firearms instructor is more difficult today than ever before. With everything now required from our already strained training resources, it has become increasingly difficult to even establish what the right questions are, let alone find the right answers. To help build a solid foundation and establish some basic criteria for what a law enforcement training program should include International Training, Inc. has adopted the 12 critical elements outlined below.
The information gathered for this analysis was obtained from several surveys conducted by the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) and the FBI. The FBI has collected data on officers killed and assaulted since 1945, and California POST started collecting such data in 1980. The surveys cited in this study encompass those conducted by the FBI from 1995 through 2004. After summarizing these studies, the following guidelines were drawn for police firearms training.
FBI Analysis of Officers Feloniously Killed from 1995-200
545 total officers feloniously killed with firearms
Broken down into two category distances: under seven yards and over seven yards.
Under Seven Yards:
* 0-5 feet, 268 officers killed, 49% of total
* 6-10 feet, 107 officers killed, 20% of total
* 11-20 feet, 65 officers killed, 12% of total
Note that the percentage totals indicate that 440 officers killed (81%) with firearms in the time frame specified were killed at distances under seven yards.
Over Seven Yards:
* 21-50 feet, 47 officers killed, 8% of total
* over 50 feet, 41 officers killed, 7% of total
* distance not reported, 17 officers killed, 3% of total
Totals for officers killed at distances over seven yards (or not reported) was 105 officers or 19%
1. Prepare officers for immediate, spontaneous, lethal attacks
Based on the above statistics, one can see that close quarter tactics and techniques are a must for officer survival. Personal communication with unknown individuals is a big part of our officers' daily routine, and they have to be close enough to them to do it effectively. The difficulty arises when these unknown individuals turn out to be bad guys. When this happens, a mastery of drawing and firing from various close quarter positions, weapon retention, physical strikes, and other close-quarter combat skills are obviously critical.
To satisfy the close distance issue, a basic cardboard target holder that is sturdy enough to withstand muzzle blast, palm strikes, and an occasional flying ticket book should serve you well. As far as sudden and spontaneous goes, a high-speed turning target system that suddenly presents a threat just when the officer glances away can add a tremendous amount of stress to the situation.
2. Prepare officers for assaults by multiple threats and uninvolved subjects
Statistics tell us there is about a 60% chance that an assault will involve more than one attacker. At the same time, we need to be aware of uninvolved, innocent bystanders as well. In many domestic abuse calls, the spouse or other family members can start out as uninvolved, but then join in against the officer if a conflict ensues. Learning to break the tunnel vision phenomenon and engage multiple threats with total awareness of uninvolved subjects justifies shoot / no-shoot training, increases survivability, and decreases liability issues.
The most obvious approach here is lots of targets. Tall ones, short ones, some closer, some farther away, some clustered in a group, and some off by themselves. Another particularly effective technique also employs turning targets, but they have to be individually controlled. As your officer is engaging targets 1 and 2 as they edge and face right in front of him, try facing target 6 and see if he notices. Better yet, use a 180 degree turning target that can show you a bad guy or a good guy in the same place at any given time.
3. Integrate the sudden transition to firearms from arrest and control techniques, including searching and handcuffing
Many potentially lethal assaults occur as the officer is searching and/or attempting to handcuff the subject. This sudden shift to a deadly force situation can be exceptionally dangerous if the officer has not been conditioned with the proper response techniques. Glaring examples of insufficient training and conditioning would be the officer failing to create distance if the chance arises, or attempting to draw his firearm with his handcuffs still in his hand.
The use of drag dummies, CPR dummies, and turning targets are all effective here. The dummies provide realism and a platform for practicing control techniques, while the turning targets provide the sudden visual indicator that the situation has escalated.
4. Base training on the fact that most officers are killed at short distances
The statistics presented earlier clearly establish where most officer fatalities occur. However, it is important to note that this element does not say Teach your officers how to shoot at close distances. It says to base your training on the fact that most fatalities occur up close. It's like the guy who tells his doctor that he broke his leg in 2 places and the doctor says So, don't go to those places! If most fatalities occur at close distances, we should all be aware of when it is appropriate to be farther away.
In addition to the close-quarter combat techniques discussed in elements 1-3 above, a moving target that charges straight at the officer can be extremely effective at illustrating the importance of creating distance and demonstrating the best ways to move quickly and effectively in various situations.
5. Base training on the fact that officers will have limited fine and complex motor control
We should all be aware of the various physiological responses our bodies undergo during a combat situation. Manual dexterity is the one we are focusing on here. As blood flows away from our extremities and towards our core, we lose fine and complex motor control in our fingers and hands. Unfortunately, elements of good marksmanship like trigger control can be the first to go. Now before a panic ensues, we believe that teaching basic marksmanship skills (like proper trigger manipulation) is absolutely vital and should not be abandoned! However, make room in your training for the fact that fine and complex motor control will be decreased, and that the officer can still make good hits despite this.
The best way to demonstrate the effects of stress to your officers is to immerse them in it. Make them run, get their heart pumping and their adrenaline flowing, then send them into an interactive scenario with dye marking rounds and role-players shooting back at them. The breakdowns in technique will be startling.
6. Integrate two-person contact and cover teams involved in realistic scenarios
Just because one of your officers knows how to safely and effectively engage multiple threats, reload efficiently, and move from one piece of cover to another doesn't mean he knows how to do those things with 2 or 3 other officers running around him trying to do the same thing at the same time. Where is my muzzle? Where is my partner? Where is my partner's muzzle? Proper tactical communication is absolutely critical!
Have 2 and 3 man teams go through tactical scenarios together. Use portable cardboard and steel targets in a variety of locations and configurations. Have the teams shoot side by side so their partner's brass is bouncing off the bill of their cap or down their shirt collar. Condition them to be profoundly muzzle conscious, and make them realize the importance of communication when it comes to moving, reloading, and staying in the fight.
7. Emphasize the survival mindset and the will to win in all skills training
Quite often, what you bring to the fight will dictate the outcome of the fight. Having a winning mindset and a positive attitude will enhance the officer's odds of survival. While our work is dangerous, we have a high risk of being a victim off the street rather than on the street, and at times the biggest threat we face is the one in the mirror. Particularly with younger officers, movies and television have shaped much of what they perceive as the realities of a gunfight. For example, the perp that flies back 15 feet and crashes into a pile of trash cans after being hit with a single handgun round. Clint Smith said if you get into a fist fight you might get punched, if you get in to a knife fight you might get cut, and if you get in to a gunfight you might get shot. It doesn't mean the fight is over, it just means you may have to finish the fight a little differently than you had originally planned.
Knowing how to shoot, reload, and clear stoppages with only one hand (both left and right) is imperative. Our officers must be confident in their ability to win the fight even if they are injured, and they must be comfortable with these techniques in order to gain that confidence.
8. Integrate one-handed firing of a handgun. Include dominant and support hand, plus drawing, reloading, and stoppage clearing
Many law enforcement shootings occur with one hand, and using a single hand is often to your tactical benefit based on the situation. Even if you are not injured, a traditional 2-handed grip may be impractical or even dangerous if means giving up too much cover or concealment.
Primarily for safety reasons, one-handed skills training is best executed in small groups. Because officers will be presenting and handling their weapons in untraditional and perhaps unfamiliar ways, muzzle awareness is critically important in these drills.
9. Integrate close-quarter structure searching and clearing plus indoor combat tactics
When a family comes home to find their back door kicked in, they call the police. Does the call go to the SWAT team? Of course not - it goes to the nearest officers on patrol. Either alone or with a partner, every single officer needs to know how to perform basic close-quarter techniques like tactical entry, hallway navigation, and room clearing. They need to know things like which way a door swings if you can see the hinges (towards you), and they need to know not to expose body parts around corners, don't rub you back along the wall as you move, and don't hang out in doorways.
A live-fire ballistic shoot house is the ultimate training tool for these situations. It provides a structure for all the tactical movement and navigation training, plus it escalates the stress and realism of the training by incorporating threat engagement with actual duty weapons. It's one thing to fire a gun in a nice straight line out on the qualification range. It is another thing entirely when you are inside a building trying to be aware of 360 or 540 degree environment.
10. Emphasize dim or no light situations as much as daylight training
Because 70% or more of law enforcement shootings occur under reduced or diminishing light conditions, significant training with your duty illumination tools is a must. Target identification and threat recognition are critical parts of this training as well, and keep in mind that flashlights are needed in the day time just as much as in the night time because you never know where you may end up. The illumination tools you carry will have a significant impact on how you handle your weapon and ultimately on how you fight, so you must be extremely comfortable using them under a wide variety of tactical situations. Many departments have adopted the use of lasers, so your training must include the proper use of these tools as well.
If you already have a shoot house that can be darkened, you have an ideal venue for all kinds of low-light training. An indoor range also serves this purpose well. If you don't have access to either of these facilities, night time on your outdoor range should provide some pretty good darkness.
11. Integrate moving then shooting and moving while shooting techniques
If you maintain a picture-perfect stance during a gunfight, you are not doing it right. If you are not moving to create distance then you should be moving to cover. The ability to shoot effectively while incorporating lots of movement gives you a dramatic tactical advantage, increases your chances of survival, and decreases the chance of hitting something you didn't want to hit. Remember, when shooting while moving you should move no faster than you can hit, see, and in some cases, hear.
Effective movement techniques can be taught with just about any target equipment you have available. Running man targets and automated turning targets can make the experience more realistic and intense by allowing the trainer to control the scenario and respond to the trainee's actions.
12. Integrate engagement techniques for moving targets, both laterally and charging
Training on moving targets has become mandatory for law enforcement agencies across the country, and rightfully so. When was the last time you were in a violent confrontation with someone who just stood still? Because running seems to be a part of most gunfights, the ability to fire safely and accurately at moving threats can be one of an officer's greatest assets. It is important to train for both lateral threat movement and charging movement because each requires a specific skill set and response from the trainee.
Some portable moving target systems are very effective and flexible because they can be configured for both types of threat movement (lateral and charging). A heavier-duty track mounted system can be equipped with a steel target plate to enhance muscle memory through the immediate positive feedback of clanging steel
Again, being a law enforcement firearms trainer today is an extremely difficult job. You have to be part teacher, part motivator, part mechanical engineer, part lawyer, part drill sergeant, part counselor, part maintenance staff, part etc., etc. We pay tribute to you trainers who dedicate your efforts to developing the next generation of warriors, and we hope the information presented here serve to focus and clarify the process.
Source - http://www.officer.com/web/online/Operations-and-Tactics/12-Elements-of-Firearms-Training/3$49345
- Janq
Note: This article on the whole is relevant to all of us who keep or carry firearms, not just those who do so as part & parcel to a profession.
I have bolded various items within the article that I myself have stated prior upon being involved in recent discussions and/or debate with persons who have commented to the contrary and or flat out disagreed. Including a few snarky people who were critical of my own real world not a training exercise application of exact same view and commentary.
Folks this stuff is serious business. Don't take my word for it nor that of the author of this article.
Just ask any cop who has been shot, or that of a cops widow/widower/child as left behind.
"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
Good post; thanks for sharing.
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As always, great post! Thanks for the info.
Thank, Jang. Excellent information.
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BTW for folks who are singularly proficient/skilled in conventional and traditional two handed and gun sight 'sighted' fire such as these...
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Should consider these eventualities...
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To put numbers to common man understandable visuals, imagine fighting life or death as within a five (5) foot space!
When 49% (!) of the time officers have been _KILLED_ as within zero to five (5) feet of contact distance, it makes no logical sense to me at all as to why folks would not entertain advanced and unconventional application specific firearm training methods.
Specifically that of weapons retention firing including point shooting skill, which is NOT 'spray and pray' and is in fact aimed fire. Just not by way of convention nor tradition.
Yet people will get all hyped up about night sights and spend coin on that as well as deem it to be a necessity when clearly as based on data (!), that assertion is not well supported as based on real world killings...of police.
One last image...
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As a police, civilian or 'security' for whom ever be it a client or your family one as again based on hard to refute data should ask them self a single question:
"How many tools are in my tool box and how functional are they, real world?"
- Janq
Note: I use this method of imagery because it seems a lot of people forget or have no idea what five (5) feet actually is AND how much space is required to handle and fire a firearm (handgun or longgun) as under optimal conventional and traditional method of form.
As though persons will in real life have a near infinite amount of comfortable work space as they might on a line at a range.
Five (5) feet square is just a bit _smaller_ than a modern homes front/main entry coat closet.
How would you fight with a handgun in a closet space, and how exactly would you manage to 'see' your sights even if they do glow in the dark?
* Added in source URLs for the subset of images missing as much, as per commentary from Pax.
Last edited by Janq; November 18th, 2009 at 06:23 PM.
"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
BGs will always have the advantage because they get to draw and shoot without justification. We have to do everything we can to tip the scales in our favor and hope for some luck.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around laws. Plato
I don't much like it when people steal bandwidth from my website, especially when they do so without acknowledging the source or providing a link.
"I don't much like it when people steal bandwidth from my website, especially when they do so without acknowledging the source or providing a link."-pax
Wait, what did I miss here?
"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
Thanks. :)
No, my apologies and thanks for pointing out my error.
- Mea Culpa
"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
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Long time lurker here, I have decided to finally sign up and ask you lot some serious questions....
I have always used hired or second hand gear (that just fits) and have been riding for 15 years (about 5days a year) and have never actually purchased anything substantial. Therefore I have been riding around on loads of different gear and have an idea of what I want.
I really need your perspective as after 15 years of part time boarding: I still feel like an amateur! :dunno:
It's my birthday soon :D and the wife has allowed me to spend some serious cash on my dream set up! :D:D:D
But now I feel I'm spoilt for choice!
I am 95kg (210lbs) with a 29cm (US12) and very wide foot, I ride mostly in Nth Japan and Sth NZ and I hunt off trail powder and natural kickers.
Basically I like to carve along and now and then throw myself off of something big to see what happens...:cheeky4:
Therefore I was thinking of:
Solomon Synapse boots (as they are apparently the best for the distinguished wide-footed-cave-man)
Attack banana 159W (as it will hopefully float over the pow but will still pop for a random 20ft kick!? is that correct?)
and.... some bindings?!?! (help!)
Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated.
(ps I live no where near snow so cannot test any gear other than in the shop, So I just want to fill a board bag, arrive at Rusutsu in Feb and be able to carve up.... can it be done?)
The Synapse in general could be a great boot, but you really need to go to a shop and try on as many boots as possible. Boots really are a personal choice and fit everyone different. The best boot regardless of price and other factors is the one that fits comfortably, has minimal heel lift and provides the support you are looking for.
Personally I use a Salomon F22 and love the quality and fit. The F22 has a narrow foot box so despite how I great and versatile I think it is, it wouldn't be the right fit for you.
I have the synapse wide boot and i really like it but i think that Head boots might have been a bit wider. Burton and Forum seem to fit pretty well also. That should give you some brands to try on when you go to a store and try them on.
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Ride, K2, Celsius, are some other brands you may want to try. Fit is key, no doubt on that one.
Like others said, you really should try lots of boots to find what feels right before deciding on something specific.
The Attack sounds like a good option for you. 159 might be a little on the small side, but definitely doable if you want something a little smaller and manuverable. If you are looking for stability and float in powder, somthing a little bigger would be ideal. Example: Im 210 lbs and ride a 161.5 TRice. It's a good size for a do everything board, but in powder the ideal size would be a little bigger.
As for bindings, one option I would look at are the Rome Targas. I don't know many others because I haven't been in the market for bindings for a few years because I like my Rome's so much.
If you have your eye on the attack banana why not?
Should be a pretty good all round board, but if you plan to ride it in Japan I would say you want to go a bit longer than 159 at your weight.
I am 80kg and ride a 157 for most conditions, but when its deeper than 40cm or so (pretty often) I will be on something longer. Since you want a 1 deck quiver I would advise a 161 wide if they have one. Bit more stability and float in the powder. Will still be fine for jumps.
If Japan is where you do most of your riding go longer still (163/4).
Here in Japan you don't know how many Aussies or Kiwis I have seen stuck in waist deep pow with nowhere to go but unstrap and do the stamina sapping hike back to the piste.
As for bindings burton cartels or missions would probably fill your needs nicely without being over the top in terms of price.
Boots, you must try these on and find the best fit for your feet.
For what its worth I am selling a stepchild OG powder 164 for $300, I rode it for 6 runs only in Rusutsu last year but it wasnt enough board for me (6'3" 105kg)so I went back to my 172 swallowtail which I love. It would be an awesome board for your size in those conditions. My g/f rides the same board in a 153 and absolutely loves it. The smooth nose up turn is the secret to getting a powder board to float well, short sharp up turned noses just dont float.
PS this is not a hard sell just letting you know, its a good board to look at but you may want something wider with a size 12 hoof.
As for boots I also have a wide flipper and thirty two boots have been the best fit for me although I have not tried the salomons you speak of. DO NOT buy boots sight unseen from an overseas online store unless you want to spend $$$$$ on return postage. You could possibly use a Jindy board shop to send you the ones you think will fit with the option of returning them via post till you get the right pair. Time 2 Ride in Jindy would be a good start as they are very helpful with that kind of stuff.
Bindings, you have been using rentals so you will be easy pleased. Dont overlook burton customs, they are cheap and work well for the style of riding you do, I have been using my pair for years.
I hope this is of some help to you in regards to the Japan side of your problem, for NZ/Aus conditions you can use any freestyle/all mountain board that you like the look of, the attack banana would fit the bill nicely.
PS I will be in Rusutsu in feb ( I am in Hokkaido for 6 weeks starting jan 21) so hit me up with a private message, we can go shred some powder together and you can blow out at my strange looking 180 powder board lol.
GREAT advice guys thanks so much!
I had a ride on a 161 last year at Teinei and was really gutted by the lack of maneuverability.
So back on my 158 I just had to go that much faster!!... all the time!!!... to maintain the float in powder.
But yes we all learn from our mistakes. You've talked me into at least a 161!
Im am off to try on a million boots and will let you know how I end up.
(ETM: I just had my leave approved for all of Feb! :D:D:D Ill text you when I hit the mountains Denwa bango wo oshiete kudasai? (I still have my Jap iphone (oh hey, know anyone nippon-side who wants to buy two iphone 3gs? pretty good nick and great batteries?)))
I have wide flat feet caused by having a duck for a father, but that's another story...my 32's fit fucking awesome. You really do need to try on boots, even if you say you can't, understand that you are effectively shooting in the dark. If ordering online find somewhere with a localish distributor so u can return.
The board, w/e there are so many to choose from, I'm sure that Attack Banana will work fine, as long as you get something middle of the road flexwise with some rocker in it (for that Japan pow).
Bindings, my limited experience is with Ride and K2. The Rides I had were just not the right model for me, but I was able to experience some rockstar customer service from them (broke a ratchet spring mid-season during an epic season, had 4 ratchets and 4 ladders in my mailbox within the week). My K2 Uprises this year were fairly comfortable and damp, but small parts seem to want to disappear off them, and I cannot squeeze any customer service out of them whatsoever. I got a reply once but it was not followed by any helpful reality, so yea. Continuing to research bindings, the top of my shortlist are Raiden Machine or Blackhawk, or some Romes, both of which are very well represented here on these forums. Flux's are too but do not have the dampening and canting I desire.
Have fun! Gear shopping fucking rules!
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Flying in over green hills, listening to Air New Zealand's Kiwi flight attendants, I can't help but feel I'm arriving on a small piece of the North Island that has broken off and drifted 1000 kilometres north.
Norfolk Island isn't part of New Zealand, of course. It's a self-governing territory of Australia. Officially, that is. In reality, it's a world unto itself, with its own language (Norf'k, a blend of 18th-century English and Tahitian) and way of life.
People wave at each other, and at tourists. There are no traffic lights, and cows have right of way on the roads. Remember when shops, cafes and museums in Sydney would close on Saturday afternoons? On Norfolk they still do.
"I'm a bit crazy," says Les Quintal, who looks and sounds like Geoffrey Rush, as he takes us for an introductory drive around the island. "It's from the inbreeding," he cackles. Like 40 per cent of Norfolk's 1800 residents, Quintal is descended from a Bounty mutineer. You can't go far on Norfolk without bumping into its history.
It's on the road signs (Pitcairn Place, Fletcher Christian Road, Baunti Centre) and at landmarks (such as Captain Cook lookout, where a stone cairn commemorates Cook naming the island after the Duchess of Norfolk in 1774). It's all over Kingston, a former penal settlement, where graves of convicts and soldiers, children and murderers lie side by side. Then there's Cyclorama - a 360-degree mural conceived by Marie Bailey, a descendant of Fletcher Christian - where you can walk right into Norfolk's past.
Closing the door behind me, I'm suddenly standing on the dock at Portsmouth, listening to gulls and the rain as the Bounty departs for the tropics, then following it to Tahiti where it's commandeered by Christian and sails on to Pitcairn Island. It's affecting and helps make sense of the island's convoluted history.
A country-town vibe, a colourful history - no surprises there. But the winds of change have been blowing across this volcanic isle, particularly since Air New Zealand won an Australian government tender in March to provide five flights a week to the island - two from Sydney, two from Brisbane and one from Auckland.
After decades of seven-night packages, Norfolk is fast becoming a short-break destination for time-poor urbanites. There's plenty of accommodation - about 1400 visitor beds, most in self-contained cottages or apartments. It helps that the flying time from the east coast of Australia is about two hours and flights to and from Sydney run on Fridays and Mondays.
"It's a big advantage having a high-profile airline such as Air New Zealand, and its schedule has even allowed us to offer weekend trips to Norfolk Island, which wasn't possible before," says the general manager of the Norfolk Island Tourism Bureau, Glen Buffett.
Plans to integrate the island with Australia could allow local tour operators to join the Tourism Australia family, too. In the meantime, Norfolk is updating itself.
There's still plenty of island charm, from knitwear shops to quilting retreats, but there are now wearable-arts shows, holistic-living festivals, three music festivals (opera in February, country music in May, jazz in December) and an annual golf pro-am.
There are self-guided iPod tours of the island's national park, secret spots and historical sites, and iPod commentary on a new photography exhibition, The World of Norfolk. Norfolk Island Museum recently launched its new website (norfolkislandmuseum.com.au); and Parks Australia's new interpretative centre has live feeds from Phillip Island, a seabird sanctuary six kilometres off the south coast.
Norfolk is becoming more active, too - from snorkelling and reef-walking tours, to walking tracks and beach yoga classes. Want to go surfing, kayak around the island, try rock fishing? Ask a local or drop by the tourist information office (which amounts to the same thing); anything's possible on a small island.
Who knew Norfolk had its own winery? The Two Chimneys boutique vineyard opened its doors in 2006 and offers tastings of its New England wines and is expecting its first harvest next year. It's just one of the foodie attractions on an island that lives and breathes sustainability and self-sufficiency, by necessity. "By law we can't import a lot of produce, so most of what you eat here is grown or made here," Buffett says.
Coffee is grown among the Norfolk pines in Anson Bay; Anson Coffee opened a cafe in July, has a mobile coffee van and runs plantation tours. Next month, local surfer Emily Ryves will open her new venture, Hilli Goat Farm, also at Anson Bay; she plans to sell goat's cheese at a small cafe on the property.
Norfolk Blue beef cattle homestead and restaurant offers a true "paddock to plate" experience, while Hilli's (another restaurant) has a new Mastering Tastes tour where guests gather and prepare local produce with its head chef. Then there's Dino's, which grows its own herbs and vegetables; its 19th-century Norfolk-pine bungalow wouldn't look out of place in Newtown, with its eclectic artworks, old photographs and crystal chandeliers.
But the island isn't too fashionable, not yet, thank goodness. It might want to shake off its quaintness, but it's the oddities that make it special. Where else can you play golf on a World Heritage site for just $70 a week? The phone book famously lists locals by their nicknames, such as Binky, Crowbar, Lettuce Leaf and Gumboots. God Save the Queen is the island's anthem and Thanksgiving Day is a public holiday (a legacy of American whalers). On Norfolk Island, it all makes perfect sense.
As the world gets faster and busier, who doesn't long for a simpler, slower way of life? On this little island you can have it, if only for a long weekend.
Getting there Air New Zealand flies to Norfolk Island from Sydney (2hr 30min) on Mondays and Fridays from $572, and from Brisbane (2hr 10min) on Tuesdays and Saturdays from $535 return, including taxes. Fares from Melbourne, including a domestic connection, start at $960. See airnewzealand.com.au.
Staying there Jacaranda Park Cottages has five self-contained, one-bedroom cabins from $255 a night, including car hire, mobile phone use, airport transfers and half-day island tour. See www.jacarandapark.nlk.nf. Islander Lodge's self-contained apartments have the best views on the island from $225 a night, phone +6723 22114 or email email@example.com.
More information See theworldofnorfolk.com.au.
Louise Southerden travelled courtesy of Air New Zealand and Norfolk Island Tourism Bureau.


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|Brilliant, thanks for the update...glad to see your project had a successful result.
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Installation of Schaefer SnapFurl CF-700
It's a bit overdue but I thought I'd share with everyone how the installation went. Overall it was pretty simple. Surprisingly there was no reason to go up the mast at all. Measuring was double then triple checked and at last the cuts were made.
The most difficult part of the install was due to the plastic foils that go over the forestay. They come rolled up and are a major pain in the butt to first "straighten" out and then trying to get an accurate measurement along a piece of twisted and moving plastic... ugh! Taping the measuring tape ever few fight helped quite a bit before the final cut.
Installing the plastic foils around the forestay was also challenging from a physical effort, not a technical one
Overall I'd say if you can follow printed instructions and take your time it is a fairly straight forward exercise. I've been very happy with the performance of the furler (it's been installed for a month or so now) and would recommend it.
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I am not familar with this furler. However,it may be helpful to run a messenger line inside the "luff-tube" (probally not the right technical name) to attach to and guide the headstay, espically if the headstay isn't changed -remains attached to the mast.
When I installed my furler I tied a large knot in the end of a string. The knot was small enough to fit inside the RF and the string more than long enough to trave the length. With a friends help, I feed the string into the luff-tube while he used a vacuum to suck from the other end. After the string was drawn thru I attached the largest (strongest) line I had that would fit insid the luff -tube then tied off the to the head stay at the tack. We then used the messenger to help pull/guide the headstay as we slid the RF up to the top of the mast.
This is a technique similar to what electricians use to draw a messenger into conduit before pulling wire.
Even if you install a new headstay, at ground level, this may be helpful in getting the wire into the RF.
OK SometimesBrilliant,
I just bought and installed the Schaefer Snapfurl CF700 a couple months ago. I had the convenience of doing it mostly indoors as I have a trailerable MacGregor so I took the forestay indoors (garage) to measure then put it mostly together across two rooms. (It was too cold outside) Being able to have the mast down and boat in the driveway was very convenient. I cannot stress enough the importance of getting the measurements right and doing the math a dozen times before cutting. When doing your calculations and adding them all up do them again from different points in the equations. Start from the finish and work backwards then pick another point and work from there until all your calculations synchronize no matter where you start from. This will catch those goofy little math mistakes that don't show up so readily but do show up when working backwards or from another starting point because the answers will be different and you will wonder why. Make sure you do the math until it is ingrained in your mind. The 'D' shackles add to the measurements there are three of them, the one on the top end of the halyard swivel has no impact just the other two do. The top of my forestay is swagged and the swag took up some of the forestay length so my foil was cut a tiny bit shorter. Try and allow for an inch or maybe just a half inch between the swag and the black plastic cap that goes on the top of the foil for future forestay length adjustment. The foil should be long enough to allow for a full stretched luff otherwise get the sail shortened by a loft. I had my hank-ons converted to #6 luff tape and at the same time the sail luff shortened for the foil (NorthSails). The Schaefer requires at least a 5/32 wire forstay and mine was only 1/8 so I had to replace it. I ended up getting a complete 5/32 forestay with a new and bigger 5/16 turnbuckle to replace the OEM 1/4 turnbuckle and 1/8 wire so now my whole headsail unit is new.
It is not manually a difficult job, if I can do it any moron can but I will say it is a job prone to making mistakes in calculations so get the math done a dozen times and then get it checked by someone else with fresh eyes. After all was done I thought it was a miracle that I actually got it all together with no mistakes, it was very stressfull. In the end I decided that as convenient an option a rollerfurler is, it is not worth the extra complication it adds to trailering set-up. It took us a half dozen attempts to raise the mast and in the process the heavy foil would knock the jib pulley behind one shroud or another or the halyard would jump off the pulley or after getting everything aligned up there discover that while being focused at the hound we inadvertantly caught a line or wire under the mast step and had to do it again. (we weren't watching the base). There is no way this exercise can be performed over water, we did it all on land on the trailer then launched. There are some small pieces to attach to the roller drum so if you are over water you may want a safety net in place to catch the pieces you drop. Perhaps a hoola hoop with a big nylon stocking around it under your forestay tang. Better have something or Davy Jones will claim the pieces.
Now that it is installed and we have tested and used it we are quite happy with it. I can switch from jib to genoa and do not require a UV strip because I always take the headsail down and bag it just like a hank-on. Next time out I check wind conditions and then decide which headsail to hoist. I only leave it on overnight on weekends. It is a very nice unit and I really recommend it for a slipped boat not a trailerable. We buy moorage and slip for six months a year so I do not have to raise the mast and dance with the furler too much. You made a good choice selecting the Snapfurl, enjoy!
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Ok, I'm green. Why replace the forestay? It's a metal cable?
Unless it's a saltwater then (I'm sailing on the Great Lakes, so not an issue) I can kinda see the point.
The big "BUT" is that you are in Ontario where it gets very cold and freezes in the winter. In the summer moisture can travel down the stay and find it's way into the lower swage fitting. Over the years this constant expansion and freezing of any moisture in the lower swage can cause it to develop hairline cracks fail.
Also, many times the foil will not fit over the head stay with the swaged fittings in place, not sure about the Schaefer. If it won't you'll need to use a mechanical fitting like a Sta-Loc and install it after the foil is in place..
This is a photo of the Norseman mechanical fitting I used on my Harken furler that I installed last spring..
Originally Posted by sander06 View Post
Have a rigger do it.
I'm not worried about my technical ability. I've worked on plenty of mechanical systems in the past. But I'm also smart enough to ask people for tips and advice before starting a new project.
Just because one ask a question does not mean they are not capable.
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Originally Posted by Sometimesbrilliant View Post
So I have taken the (pricey) plunge and picked up a roller furler for the headsail. I have bought a Schaefer CF-700. While on the topic of shopping... Local marine store (Brewer's in Hamilton): $850 (cdn) West Marine $1289(usd) ouch! I guess it saves to shop local!
Anyhow, I am going to be installing the furler this weekend. I'm studying the install booklet and readying tools and such. In the meantime I thought I'd ask this community for any hints, tips, gotchas and such you have encountered installing a furler?
Thanks :-)
As well as SD's advice about the headstay. Think about it . You are installing a furling system that should last you quite awhile. You don't want to have to start worrying about your headstay 5 yrs down the road. If it has a few years on it. Replace it. For your boat it won't cost much and you can hold onto the old one for a spare.
The furler you bought is sometimes called a snap-furl. It will go on the wire without cutting off either terminal.
If you take your time and follow the directions... to the letter... you shouldn't have any problems.
Have fun.
NOt sure about the model furler you bought, but do you have to cut the bottom terminal to install the foil? You might want to replace the forestay if it is older, or if had a previous foil istalled. In my case, when I replaced the furler on my boat I couldn't easily get the old foil off. It was much easier to replace (not much $$$ either) and start anew.
FYI - when it came time to install the foil sections on my boat, I found that I could assemble them and then push them one by one up the forestay. I then assembled the next and connected it to the bottom of the previous one. When I got to the last section I was able to measure the distance from the drum to the bottom of the last next to last foil section. I then made the cut, removed all the sections, and reinstalled with the short cut section at top. This made sure the foil sections and the drum fit together the way they were intended. Bottom line, its not rocket science. If I can do it, anyone can.
Ok, I'm green. Why replace the forestay? It's a metal cable?
Unless it's a saltwater then (I'm sailing on the Great Lakes, so not an issue) I can kinda see the point.
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As part of their coverage of the Terri Schiavo case, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News devoted substantial airtime to a March 23 demonstration organized by anti-abortion group Operation Rescue/Operation Save America, which was protesting the court-sanctioned removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. But none of the three news outlets provided background on the group, which was founded by anti-abortion extremist and Schindler family spokesman Randall Terry.
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'Ruff took issue with the notion Forsberg didn't play well Saturday, other than the first few minutes of the game. "I thought he played pretty damn good. He made a lot of good plays and we had our hands full with him."'
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Ok Ok, its going to be ok....
Alright, I know we're all still very pissed about this past weeks game...and trust me, I would the NFL to do something about it....*cough* "We will support our officials no matter how blind they are *cough*...but we are still ok.
We are still in great position being 2-2 and if you look at the standings, we are still in the thick of things. The Steelers are 4-1 but very much catchable, the injuries will catch up to them eventually....and did anyone notice Ben grimicing in pain late in the game? I think he may be one good shot away from a really bad shoulder.
I remember last week that most people agree if you are 2-2 or better through your first four games then you are fine. The boys need to settle down and get one in Indy. This game is going to be important to both squads as both teams need to solidify themselves as contenders. We just need to hope that our boys don't let this one get to their heads and start making boneheaded plays.
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Remember, everyone, Walker will be playing DCB this Sunday - Manning should have a field day."Grab those pusillanimous sons-a-bitches by the nose and kick 'em in the balls.." General George S. Patton
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Yes I know...but it won't be like last year. At least you can offer Reed for help with Walker. Last year I believe we only had Landry in the secondary against them last year. I am not saying it will be easy but lets be honest, the Colts haven't beaten anyone either....the 0-4 Texans and the 1-3 Vikings?
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Ummm ... I wouldn't count on Ed Reed. As it is, he lines up so far down-field, its like we play 10 vs. 11 on most plays.
I'm really wondering how long the Ed "can't hit anything" Reed experiment will last.
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Agreed, I am just trying to keep hope alive....I don't want to give up on the season four games in. Come on...get excited.
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Look we didn't think we would be as good as we are. We lost two games by close scores.
However if you look at the standings even if we don't catch the Steelers we are in the playoff hunt as a wild card team. The season is very early and we have a lot of hard games ahead of us.
The season is very young and there is a lot of football left.
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Oh - I can get excited. Not so much with Ed Reed right now. But I can be excited about Suggs, Bart, Barnes, and JJ all hitting Peyton at the same time next week. Peyton will come out looking like a criminal from the Middle Ages, who was sentenced to being drawn and quartered.
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Agreed SportsSteve.
Seriously, look at everyones records....there are a million teams (ok like 8) that have a 2-2 record right now. All of which are currently in line for the 6th Wild Card Spot.
Technically speaking, if the playoffs started today the Dolphins would be the 6 seed.
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You wouldnt believe what these fans are saying about us here in Indianapolis. I am a born and raised Ravens fan from Baltimore, but unfortuantely I am living in Indianapolis for work. These people think we are a joke. Check out what they are saying.
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My Glass Is Still FULL!!!! I will refused to give up on our team.... Ed Reed is still making plays, Stover will get the timing thing down and Every Thing Gona Be Alright! (I could even hear the Jamaican music in my mind)
Ok So Flacco had a off game as we all know he is a rookie and should not have even been playing this year if Boller and Smith were able to play. Everyone was on HEAP for the last couple games and BAMMMM he looks to be back. Fans are back and forth on Clayton and he shows he can make plays.
Our guys need us ... THE 12th MAN to be with them on the field and off the field. They are Professional Football Players and I would like to think that they know what they are doing. Simple facts .... NEW OFFENSE ... NEW COACHING STAFF (all but D) and a Rookie QB .... GIVE IT TIME ... and PROTECT OUR HOUSE !!!!
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Shaheen recognized the service of deceased Manchester resident George Giotas. Family received the good conduct medal and the World War II victory medal.
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Guest post: The failure of an anti-fracking fantasy
posted at 5:49 pm on April 3, 2013 by Ed Morrissey
My good friends Phelim McAleer and his wife Ann McIlhenny are documentary filmmakers whose last project, Frack Nation, tackled the media myths, misconceptions, and misplaced activism surrounding the practice of hydraulic fracturing in the extraction of natural gas. Phelim wrote a guest post regarding a recent development in a legal case that had been sealed, one that anti-fracking activists cited as proof of the harm fracking does. When a court ordered the case unsealed, though, the files told a much different story — one that the media suddenly lost interest in telling.
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It's a case of "be careful for what you wish for" for anti-fracking activists and the journalists who support–sorry, I mean "chronicle"–their cause.
For these journalists and activists there has been no better story about the evils of fracking than the Hallowich family in Washington County Pennsylvania. Mrs Hallowich told news outlets from across the world how her family's health was destroyed by fracking activity near their home. She claimed her family and in particular her children were suffering devastating healy impacts caused by fracking and said her children could some day have cancer as a result.
Their story was featured by CBS News, the BBC, and National Geographic and everyone else who loves great stories about how fracking is evil.
This narrative was only strengthened when it emerged that the Hallowiches had settled a legal battle with an oil and gas company and received a financial settlement. And if any further proof was needed the settlement was covered by a non-disclosure clause–which the journalists and anti-fracking activists took as evidence of wrongdoing and then the cover up of the wrongdoing
But let's not forget that journalists, when they want to be, can be enterprising. So they worked out that the agreement covered minors–who of course have to be protected from corporations and, in the eyes of the law, sometimes even their parents. So they petitioned a court to release the details of the agreement because the court and not the parents were allowed to decide what was right for the children.
The court decided that there was no reason why the lawsuit covering the children should be kept secret and ordered all the documents should be released.
Cue: much excitement from journalists; they had managed to destroy the veil of secrecy around a fracking lawsuit. Letters were being written to the Pulitzer committee. "Thank you" speeches were being composed.
Then the hundreds of pages of documents were released.
Cue: pretty much complete silence. There were no detailed exposes; there were no sensational headlines or serialized articles. And there was a very big reason for the silence.
To the dismay of anti-fracking activists and, I suspect, their journalistic supporters, the document dump confirmed that the Hallowiches had lied to them. The documents confirmed that even as they were claiming to media that fracking was damaging their children's health, the Hallowiches were sitting on scientific and medical evidence that their children were healthy and not affected by fracking.
And far from a family suddenly overwhelmed by a growing gas industry, it's clear from the court documents that the Hallowiches bought into the gas boom. They bought land and built a house in the middle of an active gas field. And how do we know they knew about the gas boom? Well because they were–and still are–receiving royalty checks from a gas company.
In short the documents revealed that they received a substantial settlement even though they admitted, under oath, that neither they nor their children had suffered any medical ill-effects from fracking.
But apart from a few small local newspapers none of the "respectable," no doubt heavily qualified journalism school graduates, have rushed to correct the record. They were happy, in graphic detail, to cover the allegations, but in what seems to be a complete inversion of journalism, they go silent when the science comes in.
This seems to be a pattern in modern journalism. A good allegation makes for a great story. One feature of all these examples of "journalism by allegation" is the apparent lack of curiosity by the journalists.
In my documentary, FrackNation, we interviewed the Sautner family in Dimock, PA. They had given dozens of interviews and in all of them claimed their water contained three types of uranium–"two of them weapons grade." Not one journalist ever asked for the science behind these claims. It was a story that was too good to check.
The publicity surrounding Dimock, PA is one of the main reasons that fracking is now banned in New York–even though test after test by the PA state scientists and the EPA have revealed that there is no contamination in the water. But these results–overturning a key allegation of anti-fracking activists–have received very little media coverage.
It is the same with the Hallowiches. When the evidence proved their allegations wrong, the media just refused to publish the science and moved on to the next exciting allegation. And in the meantime families who know no better are frightened of fracking, worrying if their family's health will suffer. Journalists owe it to these families to follow the story of the Hallowiches to the very end and publish the science that shows their water is clean and their family is healthy.
So far they have failed to do so, and they wonder why no one is reading newspapers anymore.
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One year, my sister and I were the narrators of the entire Noah's Ark play. We sat on high stools at the front of the stage, and my head was probably a touch bigger than the ark. The only downfall was that I got a new permanent retainer the week before the play, and I talked with a lisp. I was so embarrassed when I watched the video. Thanks alot, teeth, for ruining my possible news anchor career.
One summer play, I was singing with another girl about senses. (I know, who wrote these plays?) She had a stuffed animal, and I was supposed to have a lollipop. Only I left it sitting in my seat. Whoops. I felt up her stuffed whatever the whole song, so no one thought I was loser that forgot her prop.


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What you want is probably a dconf-editor. You want to make a GUI to make certain changes to Gnome then that would be one way to do it. You can make it generic for all programs, or you could make it more specific to make it easier for a certain set of configurations.
One of the design principals behind dconf is that you can have multiple programs using it and multiple programs.
That is why it uses a database-type format rather then text files. There are too many race conditions you run into with multiple programs having read/write usage of a file, or series of files in a directory. One program can easily overwrite teh changes of another and corrupt a file.
Theoretically you could write a daemon that reads configurations off of a LDAP server and suck into Gnome so you can do group policies like Windows can, which I think is one of Gnome's goals.
Gnome-tweak-tool and the Gnome control panel is just two examples (just guessing, not having looked at them closely). Pessulus is probably one also, but I don't know if they have ported from gconf to dconf or what is going on with it. You can use anything you like that supports dconf. It's designed to be cross platform also.Last edited by drag; 09-30-2011, 01:35 PM.
As drag has said, lots of nice changes but nothing that fundamentally changes what was there for .0.
What I would really like to see, but the designers have shot down for some reason, is for the windows to be tagged with their icon when in overview (this was really the first extension i made in GS but due to api drift it no longer works). If you have lots of windows open on an desktop it can be hard to determine which window is which. Even apple has done this with their overview in Lion.
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Everyone has been there, trying to figure out what size to get for their soft goods only to realize the size they ordered was either too small or too large. Lets face it, almost, if not every, company makes their products differently so no two companies can have the same sizes. I found the sizing charts for Dye, Valken, Empire, Invert, BT, PE. It may be off a little, but this is a much better idea than just guessing. Hope this helps!
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Standing up straight, measure from your crotch straight down the inside of your leg to the top of your foot.
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