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When organisational changes are implemented they often require new business and work relationships to be built. Forging new partnerships in and of itself takes time, mutual respect, trust and negotiation; but in the furnace of implementing change, building new business relationships can be negatively impacted if the people-side of change is ineffectively managed. Employees who are grappling with and resisting the changes being introduced are not well-placed to take the time and effort in making the connections required to sustain the change if they themselves are not effectively engaged.
"Research shows that even with the best products and business practices, you still need strong relationships to succeed in th(e) marketplace." 1
So if strong relationships are a pre-requisite for change sustainability and success in the organisation and marketplace, the new relationships will need to be built, and then strengthened. It is also likely that existing and perhaps long-standing business associations will be changed, and in some cases ended. These losses of certain connections will likely produce stress and anxiety for the people concerned, which may result in more fear and resistance.
There are several types of new relationships that may need to be forged in the changing business landscape, such as:
- New third party and external relationships,
- New internal interfaces and contacts,
- New colleagues and team members (new styles and personalities to adjust to),
- New reporting structures within the existing organisation (new job requirements and employee/ employer styles and personalities to adjust to),
- New reporting structures into an entirely new or merged organisation (new styles, culture, job requirements and employee/ employer personalities to adjust to).
These new relationships needed are significant changes to deal with on their own, but people are required and expected to simultaneously negotiate the change being introduced by the project/ programme – such as new ways of working, technology, systems, processes and other solutions.
Take for example the outsourcing of a business function that resided internally in the organisation, or similarly bringing in-house a function that was being outsourced. In these examples, we can imagine there will be changes happening on many levels – people, process, technology, but there will also be significant relational impacts, with the need for new relationships to be built in the midst of the other significant changes going on. In a typical project delivery, without a focused change management role contracted from the start, the relational and interpersonal aspects could easily be ignored or overlooked with everything else going on, and yet will play a major role in not only the project implementation success but also the change sustainability and timely business benefit realisation. The change management role is required and needs to be asking, among other things, "Is there a need for new relationships to be built?"
And if so, in the midst of the change implementation, what does it take to produce the desired behaviours and determination in people to build and strengthen the new relationships required?
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I'd say I'm sorry I didn't post on March 25th, but it was Good Friday and I was traveling for Easter. That said, I'll try to briefly recap some things that happened. I apologize that many of them are depressing. I put the happy ones at the beginning in case you'd rather not read about the awful things that happened recently.
- Relieved: I finished writing, editing, and submitting my short story Solarium, which is about a failing Mars simulation.
- Excited: Camp NaNoWriMo starts today! Let's hope me and my cabin mates are ready to get some serious writing done. I'll be editing The Page & The Magician. I'm currently on Chapter 7 of 24.
- Brave: Today also marks the beginning of April, which is Sjögren's Syndrome Awareness Month. I was diagnosed with Sjögren's recently and given the amount of misinformation there is about the condition, how prevalent yet unknown it is, and how much it affects me on a daily basis, I've decided to do my part in raising awareness. Check out my posts on the autoimmune disease with the funny name.
- Indifferent: The federal budget was released. I didn't see anything particularly shocking, but I didn't delve into it either.
- Busy: My coworker is gone to Florida for 3 weeks vacation, so I'm doing some of her stuff. I don't mind, though. It seems I have a lot more to do at work suddenly with many other projects starting at the same time.
- I got to watch a friend read from her novels on Wednesday evening at Ottawa ChiSeries. I really enjoyed listening to SM Carriere and David Neil Lee. David was funny. My friend was a little nervous but did really well. She had some stumbles, which I think she's being overly hard on herself about as she soldiered on and the audience was never left in the lurch. I bought another of her books, which I only do if I really enjoy the way someone writes. I'm not sure when I'll get to it as I've been talked into joining a book club, but I'll find time somewhere.
- Angry: There was a shooting in Bells Corners. The young woman succumbed to her injuries. There have been far too many shootings and stabbings in Ottawa this year. It used to be a safer place to live.
- Thankful: A man lost his life on the highway not long before I reached that section while driving back to Ottawa after the long weekend. I'm thankful I wasn't speeding that day. The visibility was quite awful and I figured it's better to take a little longer and make it safely home.
- Livid: The verdict was announced in the Jian Ghomeshi case. While I agree that the lack of evidence and the lying of the plaintiffs is not acceptable, there's still a problem and the judge recognized that the verdict didn't mean Ghomeshi is innocent. It's ridiculous that in 2016 people still get away with treating others in such ways.
- Helpless: There was a bombing in Pakistan over Easter. Whenever I hear about such things, I feel helpless. Everyone recognizes how sad it is that things like this continue to happen, but this is one of those things that doesn't have an easy answer. When westerners try to help it only compounds the problems, so some gather from afar. Just a couple of days before there was a bombing in Brussels.
- Disgusted: People awaiting sentencing are being forced to live like abused animals. An inmate's death seems to be the only reason anyone is trying to fix the overcrowding issue. The minister's directives seem to be falling on deaf ears.
- Frustrated: A construction worker lost his life when ice fell on him. Even worse? The union raised the risk prior. This right here annoys me greatly as a project manager. There was absolutely no reason for this tragedy to occur. Safety should be paramount on construction sites!
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I'm an INFJ, nature-lover, book reader, dreamer and nerd. I have a childish, old soul nature. I like to think it's because I have a young heart with an old soul. I'm often full of contradictions but I'm always honest. I laugh too loud and I speak too softly. I'm a realistic romantic and pessimistic optimist. I've often been called a peaceful warrior.
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The Government's Antipathy Towards Transparency Has Made FOIA Lawsuits The Default Process
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This is default mode for the Freedom of Information Act.
In a federal FOIA complaint, the ACLU and University of Arizona Professor Derek Bambauer and Associate Professor Jane Yakowitz Bambauer claim that the Department of Homeland Security has failed to respond to requests made in January and February for records that may "shed light on Border Patrol's extensive but largely opaque interior enforcement operations."The CBP (Border Patrol) operates far inland these days with the blessing of the DHS. To live in states bordering Mexico is to have your freedom to travel within the country needlessly interrupted by uniformed officers inquiring about your country of origin.
The professors seek "records related to U.S. Border Patrol's interior enforcement operations in Tucson and Yuma Sectors, including relevant agency policies, stop data, and complaint records."
The CBP's surveillance technology has also wandered much further inland, far past the so-called "Constitution-Free Zone" that extends 100 miles in from the country's borders. Its drones, which are specifically to be used for border surveillance, have been loaned out to an assortment of federal agencies and local law enforcement.
The CBP has also become a deadlier force, responsible for 27 fatalities in the last three years. This number has increased dramatically, in part because CBP agents seemed to be looking for reasons to open fire -- like standing directly in the path of escaping vehicles.
But this isn't so much about the CBP as it is about the government's betrayal of the ideals behind the Freedom of Information Act.
"We shouldn't have to go as far as filing a lawsuit to get these records," Professor Bambauer said in a statement. "This is public information about a matter of pressing public concern. We cannot allow DHS and Border Patrol to continue operating in our communities without being subject to public scrutiny."No, citizens shouldn't have to file lawsuits just to get the government to turn over responsive records. And, yet, this has become the expected route to freeing information. Nearly every document handed out by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has been prompted by a lawsuit. The CBP drone documents mentioned above? Those are also tied to a FOIA lawsuit. Without the court's prompting, it's highly unlikely any of the documents the CBP "failed" to turn up during its first FOIA search would ever have been made public.
This is now the standard process for obtaining information from the government, whether at the federal level or below. There are many agencies that handle requests with few problems. But the agencies leaning towards the law enforcement/counterterrorism end of the spectrum are far from compliant. They resist, stall or simply ignore requests, pushing inquiring entities towards the courtroom.
This is completely wrong. A FOIA lawsuit is a remedy. Now, it's just standard practice. And this goes far past simply unacceptable into sickening territory.
Government agencies are supposed to be accountable to the public that pays for everything they do. The FOIA law is simply a tool of accountability that can be wielded by any citizen. But these agencies have perverted the FOIA system so thoroughly that what was supposed to be a last resort (a lawsuit) is now just another step in the FOIA process.
The DOJ likely has no problem with the DHS, CBP and others blowing off FOIA requests until the judicial system orders them to turn over the requested info. After all, in its ridiculous argument for warrantless cellphone searches, it stated that if people felt the police shouldn't have had access to their cellphone contents, they could always argue for suppression in court. This is the same mentality. Instead of respecting the limitations set by the Fourth Amendment, the DOJ suggests people should use a remedy (suppression) to hold cops accountable rather than expecting the police to police themselves and avoid violating citizens' privacy and civil liberties.
These agencies know that not everyone has the time or money to battle for the release of documents, so their exposure is limited should they choose not to comply. It's extremely hard for a nation's citizens to hold its government accountable if the government is going to use the citizens' own money against them.
ACLU, EPIC and the EFF have gone to court time and time again with no greater goal than getting government agencies to comply with a federal law. This ongoing subversion of the FOIA is completely unacceptable. This government is giving the public the finger, letting it know that it will only be accountable when forced to.
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A Short Break
OK I know I just got back to posting but I have to take a short break I managed to possibly break my hand and messed up the knuckles. I will find out for sure Monday or Tuesday. So for now I am in a splint and cannot do much. As soon as I can I will post the story it is pretty dumb, definetly not one of my most shiniest moments. Laters
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It woud be great to have an Egnyte integration for Quip. Presumably it could either be like the Salesforce one (Salesforce owns Quip, so maybe easier to use that as a base to build from), or just a simple one where one can have a view of the folders inside a document like the Microsft Teams one.
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Thanks for this feedback. Our team appreciates detailed integration requests and we'll look at our options for introducing such a solution.
If you have additional integration requests in the future, you can also post them using the "request integration" feature in the app store. There is a dedicated "tile" for this at the bottom of the integration list and requests made this way are automatically added to a tally that we use to prioritize our roadmap.
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Having some difficulty finding the request integration tile so wanted to follow up on the community.
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A Morongo tribal councilman was appointed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency National Advisory Council, FEMA announced Friday.
Brian Lugo, a member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians tribal council in Banning, is one of 10 new appointees to the FEMA advisory council.
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians along with two other tribes this morning reached the end of a campaign to expand their tribal casinos when the governor signed bills ratifying revised gambling agreements.
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With awards season in full swing, our news feeds are brimming with perfectly tanned, toned and preened celebrities. While the embellished dresses are one thing, as a beauty editor I'm obsessed with the flawless complexions paraded down the red carpet. Even without high-definition cameras and flash lights, I don't come close to achieving faultless, poreless, radiant skin. Many celebrities would have you believe it's just good genes, but talking to their go-to experts, it actually takes months of work.
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"The Multiverse, a place where ancient empires lived and died. For over a Centrillion years an ruthless Empire that calls itself the Empire of the Combine Race have been planned on the complete conquest of the Multiverse, 352 years have passed since Invasion of Golmar Earth and since then a brutal war waged on, Now a few heroes of the past have not only awakened to a Universe but a Multiverse at war. Many Empires rise to became the centre of the Multiverse's power but just as often fall as well, for in the multiverse, nothing is for certain, no matter the size or the power of the empire, for which, it will only be a matter of time before your civilization became forgotten and whoms corpse is left to be picked off by another younger civilization, but remember this, for this multiverse one thing is certain, war and peace will always occur and always bring uncertainity with them"
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This is the wiki about the Great Multiverse and the many different forms of it.
This is mostly for the fans of the series and for those who are working with it.
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The Multiversial Encyclopedia Edit
In truth, this wiki serves as a "codex" so to speak, it'll have mainly the civilizations that's in the story as well as the wars, technology and people in said story. In better terms, it serves as an overview for the story itself.
and for anyone who complains about 'Lore' here, please understand that this wikia is a fanon wikia, basically a glorified fanfic, ever been to Fanon sites? like Star Wars Fanon? it's like that
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- 650 Centrillion B.N.E to 148 Centrillion - Age of Elders
- 148 Centrillion B.N.E to 0 - Age of Ancients
- 0 to 1350 - Age of Uncertainty
- 1350 to 2372- First Multiverse War (Broken Age)
- 2372 to 2753- First Aftermath (Time to Rebuild)
- 2753 to 3142- Second Multiverse War (Civil War)
- 3142 to 3192- Second Aftermath (Uncertainty)
- 3192 to 3642- Infection War (Plague's Released)
- 3642 to 4004- Unity Era (Coming Storm)
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|May 12, 2012, 06:58 PM
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Best type of gun for home defense in the suburbs with children in the home?
My sister knows I like guns and today asked me what kind of gun she should get for home defense. While I do like guns I live in a home where the nearest neighbor is about 3 miles away and the only other person in the home is my wife 95% of the time. I told her I would think about it an call her back tomorrow (being mothers day and all)
My knee jerk response was a 12ga pump but after thinking about there being kids in the home I was leaning more toward a rifle or a handgun.
What do you guys think?
Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull.
all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...
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|May 12, 2012, 07:10 PM
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I think your first thought was a good one. However, for your sister, I'd say 20ga as apposed to 12ga. More controllable and still packs plenty of punch. I'm 6', 240lbs, and I prefer 20ga. to 12.
With kids in the house and neighbors close, a rifle is way more likely to punch through walls, and a handgun is more likely to look like a toy if the kids ever find it.
|May 12, 2012, 07:19 PM
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I think a handgun is ideal for her. She can get a small bio-metric type safe that can sit under her night stand and will only open with a key or her fingerprints. Keeping the gun handy, loaded and ready to go while safe from the kids.
What kind of handgun is anyone's guess.
If she is the type who is willing to train, I would suggest going with the largest caliber mid to full size pistol that feels good in her hand. If she doesn't like the recoil of anything bigger than a 380, then 380 for her. If she can take a 45, then 45 it up!
If she is NOT going to train , I would suggest a double action only handgun with no safety. Something like a Glock, M&P or XDM. You aim, pull the trigger and it goes bang. Wham bam simple.
Picking a gun is like picking a car color, most everyone is going to have a personal preference and you really can't pick it out for them. If she feels intimidated maybe go to a local gun shop that rents gun with her and let her try out a few.
The reasons I shy away from a 12 gauge is because she will need to keep it locked up in a gunsafe or with a trigger lock on it to keep it totally safe from the kids. Making the gun difficult to access.
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|May 12, 2012, 07:26 PM
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My second thought was a small pistol caliber rifle. May be a 38specials in a lever or pump action rifle. 110 grain JHP should not penetrate that much and 1 projectile has less chance of hitting kits than 9-12.
a bio-metric handgun safe may be a good option.
Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull.
all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...
|May 12, 2012, 07:29 PM
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There are perhaps 50 correct answers to your question, and you just might get all of them. Only one of those answers will be correct for you.
My .02 …Depending on the female, a 20 ga might be better. Full stock, 18" or a little longer barrel.
Pistols are handier, but require more discipline. : The strongest revolver she can comfortably handle .. usually a .38 or .44 spl
Educate the kids as appropriate for them. For the immature, the Eddie Eagle approach is good. Remove the mystery for them. Kids are curious, so satisfy their curiosity in a safe, controlled manner... much better than them finding out on their own.
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|May 12, 2012, 07:34 PM
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Depends also on the size of her home. My new home is rather sprawling and a shotgun or AR is my choice there. However my existing residence is quite small and long guns are far too unwieldy here. My EDC is my best HD option and has been for many years. I would agree with the bio-metric safe as a need for a house with kids, something I've never had to worry about.
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|May 12, 2012, 08:41 PM
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Personally, if you can, I'd suggest buying her a class or two at a range that has instructors and rental weapons. Let her get a feel for what might suit her.
|May 12, 2012, 08:45 PM
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Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull.
all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...
|May 13, 2012, 12:11 PM
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The choice of gun is the least of it.
Without training for home defense, anything she does will probably be wrong.
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|May 13, 2012, 12:47 PM
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My first thought would be making sure whatever you get that the children can't get their hands on it. No point getting a firearm to protect the children and one being injured or worse by getting access to the firearm.
And then some provisional training and advice on what firearm would suit.
|May 13, 2012, 01:07 PM
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It was already mentioned to get her into a class. Best idea.
On an article I read about SD guns, a couple of things were pointed out. I will attempt to summarize it.
- a long gun has to be handled by both hands and can be unwieldy coming around corners and doors unless you have the training.
- a semi auto requires more training because you have to know what to do if there is a malfunction. And again, it may require both hands to operate the weapon to rack the slide.
- a wheel gun is the simplest form of SD gun. It still requires training. A double action only requires a a trigger pull. If it does not fire, pull the trigger again for the next round.
The use of both hands was pointed out because if your house is broken into, if you can get to a phone, you can call the police while still having control of the gun in the other hand.
|May 13, 2012, 02:36 PM
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First how old are the kids? If they're young, I would say a semi auto shotgun with rounds in the magazine and none in the chamber should work.
Kids have seen enough pump shotguns,rifles,and handguns on tv.to figure out how they work.
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Good for your sister.
FIRST she needs to harden the house, and then set up a good home defense plan that will put her between the threat and her kids, and her kids in a safe place.
THEN she can figure out what gun she wants to do it with. She needs to get what suits HER best, not what a bunch of strangers on the Internet think she should get. Point her to http://www.corneredcat.com/ for a good starting place.
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/hardhome.htm - one pamphlet on home hardening
http://www.woodarddefensivesolutions.com/node/14 (the PPITH class is taught by many NRA instructors, this is just an online course outline)
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|May 14, 2012, 12:00 AM
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i'd say a .380 hand gun with fragmenting bullets if the kids are in the next room separated by a thin wall and maybe a little insulation.
i think some people will disagree with this.
the reason i say this is because a .380 is strong enough to get the job done without serious over penetration, and fragmenting bullets are basically a ball of led shot compressed. when it hits a wall (or a bone) it fragments. you may have to unload more of them into your target to stop them, but even if you miss, hopefully they will reconsider and evacuate your home after they realize you're shooting at them.
just my opinion, but it really depends where the children are. if they are upstairs and you are downstairs, that's different. just don't shoot UP. and shoot whatever you see fit.
and if you're going to be gung ho about shooting on sight / sound, you probably need to train your children in what to do in case of a home invasion. also you need to tell them that once they are in their room, they should probably stay there through the night or risk getting shot......
or something to that affect. kidding about the last part.. but there IS SOME truth to it.
teach them NOT to come busting through your door at 4am, etc.
i'm incredibly jumpy when i'm asleep. any kind of disturbance wakes me up and sends me about 3 feet in the air... these days having lived with my girlfriend for 4 years, i don't immediately reach for a weapon or wake up throwing punches. i've trained myself not to do so when i hear her voice. but needless to say, she doesn't get anywhere near me when she has to wake me up for something.
the FIRST time she woke me up, she leaned over me and said "WAKE UP!" and literally got elbowed in the side of the head. of course i felt horrible, but at the same time, i was asleep, and that was strictly a reaction. but ever since then, she stands in the doorway to wake me up lol. i still jump though. anyway, yeah... if you're anything like that, be careful.
fortunately we don't have kids.
|May 15, 2012, 02:51 PM
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I have several semi-automatics but I ended buying a used Ruger Security Six revolver with a 6" barrel for my wife to use for home defense (I use it too at the range, heh, heh). She feels more comfortable with that knowing that there is no slide to deal with, no worries about whether there is a round in the chamber, no worries about feeding, no worries about what to do if it doesn't fire, just pull the trigger again. Using .38spl +P ammo makes it more than enough for home defense, I feel.
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WASR-3 loaded with polymer tipped rounds.
Very light and very fast...they're break up quickly and dump energy in drywall or other barrier materials.
They're ugly but stone dead reliable.
Short LOP with Warsaw legnth stock make sit easy for smaller people to handle.
High cap mags are no problem to come by. More chances for her if shes a bad shot or there are multiable advisarys.
Recoil is almost non-existant..making follow up shots a breeze.
ammo is cheap to practice with and she'll really never need to clean it.
If the kids ever did find it they're never figure out the safey
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|May 15, 2012, 03:32 PM
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What HD gun for the home with children?
20 guage pump gun, so that the children will be able to manage it sooner.
They also can use it for trap shooting for 4-H!
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|May 15, 2012, 03:49 PM
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What the sister should do is read www.corneredcat.com and ignore the shotgun, 380 and AK advice until she reads that.
Then she needs to get some realistic training in defending the home.
To be blunt - recommending long arms, fragmenting 380s and AKs is not the best first step.
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|May 15, 2012, 06:27 PM
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Me to as far as Corneredcat.com, hardening the house, getting training, and all that stuff.
If the OP is handy with tools I would strongly suggest he visit his sisters home asap to see about making it harder to break into.
What firearm a person chooses depends on a lot of different circumstances. What the person is comfortable with, or what they are physically capable of using, how much training they have and how much more training they plan to get.
One thing that is often over looked is what strategy their home is best suited for and that they are comfortable with.
The way my home is laid out, I intend to hole up in my bedroom and wait for the police to show up. imho my shotgun is the best option for that strategy.
Other homes are laid out in such a way that the home owner may need to secure other areas in the home instead of staying in one place. For some people that would mean a different choice of firearm.
|June 3, 2012, 07:18 PM
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A shotgun is not going to be with you when you need it most and yes time is important. Handgun on your person is what is needed.
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Smith & Wesson 5906.
1. DA/SA - first trigger pull is heavy.
2. Decocker
3. Safety
4. All stainless - heavy. Looks like a gun, not a toy that kids are more likely to play with.
5. Reliable, durable and controlable
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7. They won't lose value over time.
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single or family
single.. a shotgun, pump action.
family... handgun with a lazer.
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I'd choose a 20 gauge skeet gun - open chokes, shorter barrel - and load it with target loads.
A "long" gun is held with both hands which might make it harder to lose to an assailant, a shotgun is more intimidating than smaller guns like pistols when pointed at an intruder, light-loaded shot shells are much less apt to penetrate walls than a single projectile weapon, a target or hunting gun pressed into use as a defense weapon has more credibility than one that's obviously intended to be anti-personnel as its first purpose, at least in some jurisdictions.
All that's been said here about getting training and practice is on the mark, IMHO.
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Lots of god advice, some not so good, IMHO. The firearm is but a small part of an effective home defense plan. As I do this for a living, here are some things to consider......
1. Have a discussion with the Sister and make sure she understands the impact of taking another human life. I have taught over a hundred women to shoot and just about 15% stated they wanted a gun to "scare" the bad guy and could never kill anyone. They get a junkyard dog and a different plan.
2. Assess what you have to protect. There are three major types of things in your house that are worth protecting. Those that can be replaced, those that cannot be replaced and those that you are willing to kill for to protect. TV's computers (Non-business?) and the like can be replaced with insurance. Things like grand ma's wedding ring, you decide. Kids, wife etc. That goes without saying.
3. The Tactical Plan. The shooter(s) must identify a "safe place" in the house that offers cover and concealment, is easy to get to, especially at night and behind which go all of your non-replaceables. (Kids, Mom, Grand Ma's ring if you so decide). Your field of fire is towards the entrances of the house. This is normally a hallway or a bedroom. This way, you are never shooting towards loved ones (Neighbors, maybe). While not a failsafe, we also consider the angle of the shot, Low to high, vice versa etc)
4. Always take / have your firearm, flashlight and telephone available at the safe place. If an intruder comes into your house, the unreplaceables go to a covered area behind you. You afford the thief the chance to take your replaceables and leave with no one being hurt. Its just stuff.
This is an over simplification of the doctrine, YMMV. Every scenario is different.
As far as firearm selection goes, a shotgun with target loads is not a good choice. Unless it is a contact shot (Muzzle very near the target) you will likely not be able to definitively stop the attack. Google the box of truth for testing of shotgun ammo on sheetrock. Simple is better as your fine motor skills will diminish if not disappear. For most women, we recommend a revolver in .357. Practice with 38 spc or +p and shoot the magnums in self defense. Shoot a bonded bullet. Some of my colleagues like corbon bullets, I am not so much a fan.
Someone recommended hardening the house to aid in delaying / deterring a would be intruder. This is also a good practice. Sun Tzu says the best battle is the battle never fought.
These are just a sprinkling of tactics we use for our home invasion clients.
The point is to have a plan and not just a gun.
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Raymond Barfield completes W&L Questioning Intimacy series
Raymond Barfield, associate professor of pediatrics and Christian philosophy at Duke University, is the final speaker in the 2017-18 Questioning Intimacy seminar series. Barfield's talk is March 1 at 4:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.
The title of his talk is "A Hesitant Intimacy: Medicine's Response to the Unchosen Vulnerability of the Sick and Suffering." The event is free and open to the public.
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"Everybody has at some point in life probably been to the doctor," said Jeffery Kosky, W&L professor of religion. "Ray Barfield, a pediatric oncologist, promises a unique perspective on the intimacy that structures that relationship. His perspective is informed not only by his professional practice of medicine but also by his study and teaching of literature, philosophy and theology."
Barfield's medical research focuses on immune therapies for childhood cancer and improvements in the quality of life for children with severe or fatal diseases. His work in philosophy focuses on narrative approaches to philosophical issues that matter to suffering or dying people.
He has published a book of poetry called "Life in the Blind Spot," as well as a book of philosophy from Cambridge University Press called "The Ancient Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy." His novel "The Book of Colors" was published in spring 2015. He has two books forthcoming: a book of philosophy called "Wager: Beauty, Suffering, and Being in the World" and a book-length poem called "Dante's New Moon."
Barfield received his MD and his Ph.D in philosophy from Emory University. He is a pediatric oncologist with an interest in the intersection of medicine, philosophy, theology and literature.
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PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Senior Jess Conant (Canton, Maine) posted a game-high 24 points and added eight rebounds, but a big second half led the University of Southern Maine over Plymouth State University, 91-66, in a Little East Conference (LEC) women's basketball game at Foley Gymnasium on Senior Day Wednesday night.
The teams battled back-and-forth in a see-saw first half. PSU took a 22-19 lead after the first ten minutes thanks to a buzzer-beating jumper from senior Debra Morrill (Concord, N.H.), and classmate Cassidy Emerson (Concord, N.H.) got an offensive rebound and put back in the final seconds of the second quarter to knot the game at 38-38 at the half.
Southern Maine used a 20-2 run over a five minute span in the third quarter to take control. PSU finished the third quarter with a flurry, but a three-pointer at the buzzer gave the visitors a 63-52 lead heading into the fourth quarter and the Huskies would maintain a double-digit lead throughout the remainder of the game.
Prior to the game Plymouth State honored its five seniors in an on-court ceremony; Conant, Morrill, Emerson, Liz Shepple (Bolton, Mass.) and Kialah Reeder (Enfield, N.H.).
PSU wraps up the season with a 10-14 record, the most wins in nine years, and a 4-12 mark in LEC play. Southern Maine improves to 14-10 and 10-5 in league play.
The Basics:
Plymouth State 66, Southern Maine 91
Plymouth State (10-14, 4-12 LEC)
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How it Happened:
* Southern Maine opened the game with a bang as sophomore Morgan Eliasen (Lewiston, Maine) and junior Kristina Blais (Lewiston, Maine) sank back-to-back threes and moments later an offensive rebound and put back from senior Kimberly Howrigan (Fairfield, Vt.) gave the visitors a 10-2 lead.
* PSU answered with seven straight points, capped by an old-fashioned three-point play from Conant, to pull within one, but Howrigan answered from beyond the arc for the Huskies.
* Junior Chenysse Hill (Lynn, Mass.) and Conant got to the basket on consecutive possessions as the Panthers pulled in front, 15-14, with 2:22 left in the first.
* Freshman Brooke Beaudet (Gilford, N.H.) sank a three to give PSU a 20-16 lead and, after USM answered from distance, Morrill beat the buzzer to give the Panthers a 22-19 lead after one.
* Senior Alexa Srolovitz (Montreal, Que.) hit from downtown to tie the game, but Plymouth State went right back in front and a three from junior Brittany Roche (Londonderry, N.H.) gave the Panthers a 29-24 lead after 2:28.
* The Huskies responded with a 9-0 run and the visitors led 38-34 with 1:21 left, but PSU closed the half with baskets from Morrill and Emerson to knot the score at 38-38.
* Morrill and Conant hit to five PSU a 42-38 lead after one minute, but USM answered with the game-changing run. Beaudet nailed back-to-back triples to stop the run and sophomore Elizabeth McLaughlin (Melvin Village, N.H.) sank a jumper as PSU closed the margin to 60-52, but a three at the buzzer gave USM a 63-52 lead heading into the final ten minutes.
* The visitors opened the fourth with an 8-2 spurt and maintained the lead throughout.
Inside the Numbers:
* Conant finished with 24 points, eight rebounds and three steals, while Beaudet sank four triples to finish with 12 points in 17 minutes.
* Morrill added 11 points and seven assists, and Emerson chipped in 10 points and nine rebounds.
* Srolovitz and Blais led the Huskies with 16 points apiece, with junior Jackie Luckhardt (Londonderry, N.H.) and senior Kimberly Howrigan (Fairfield, Vt.) adding 13 and 10, respectively.
* Plymouth State wraps up the season with the most wins since the 2009-10 season.
* Conant ends her career with 909 points to finish 15th on the program's all-time scoring leaders chart, while Emerson's 614 career points are the 38th most all-time.
Straight from the Coach's Mouth:
"The past four years with this senior class has been a tremendous ride," said head coach Allison Flynn. "They really have been great role models for the underclassmen and they're going to be missed tremendously. There was a fight with our senior class that wanted to be the best team that has been here the last few years. We really cared for each other, making the extra pass, being excited when a teammate does something well, picking a teammate up – that came naturally to them and you don't find that everywhere."
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The educational process in Polytech is unceasing: no sooner had our students been through with all the tests and exams, than new students arrived: the International Summer Polytechnic School welcomed international students. As usual, the geography of the countries they come from is very diverse: despite the distance, young people from Singapore, Brazil, Jamaica, USA and many other countries come to study in Polytech.
This year one of those who joined the Summer School's course "Turbomachinery" was a student of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Steven Gerasimoff. The American student is doing an internship in Polytech, helping our guys to build a solar-battery electric car and testing the racing car UNO. In the interview with a Media Center reporter Steven spoke of his entering MIT and further studying there, whom the students' bolides in the USA are named after, compared the function of working teams involved in the development of racecar bolides in Polytech and his home university and, finally, explained what "the Russian thing" signifies.
- Steven, you speak Russian very well, although you have spent your whole life in the USA. Moreover, your surname is obviously of a Russian origin and comes from a Slavic one. Why is it?
- Yes, I was born in New York and have lived my whole life in the USA. My parents, however, grew up in the Soviet Union: my dad lived in Vilnus, and my mom – in Minsk. They studied together in Radiotechnologic University of Minsk, and in early nineties moved to the States – each of them on their own, but they eventually met on Brighton Beach and never parted ever since.
At home we speak only Russian, that is why I started to speak, read and write in English only when I went to school. As a kid I went to a Russian school for a while and as a university student I took two courses "Russian for Russian-speakers" to practice and improve my language skills. During the courses we read Russian literature and studied grammar, but the rules did not come easily to me. (Smiles).
- Steven, according to the competent international rankings QS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the best university in the world. Therefore, the question why you have chosen it is a rhetorical one. What we really would like to know is how hard was it to get in there?
- I knew it was really difficult to study at this university, but I did want to enter it. At school I practiced rowing in a serious way and even became the USA champion in fours. By the way, my coaches were Russian – world champions in rowing. They are very successful: some of their trainees even won Olympic medals, and their rowers took part in the Olympics in Rio too.
So I knew that sports achievements would help me get sporting scholarships in many universities, but I wanted to enter the best one. You know, MIT admits only 6% of the applicants! The selection process is rather strict: many factors are taken into account, such as standardized tests results, average school scores, academic and sports achievements, etc. You even have to go through an interview with a university graduate who assess within an informal conversation if you fit the university culture. The Board considers all the documents and takes a decision regarding your admission.
- Why have you decided to do internship in Polytech?
- My university offers a specialized program, which helps students to find internships in different countries – in India, the UK, Russia and many others. I decided to apply for an internship in Russia, since I am interested in the country itself, and have not been to it before, though I speak Russian. The international service suggested that I do an internship in the Youth Construction Technology Bureau of Polytech with the teams Polytech Solar and Polytech NCM. Back home I am also involved in the development of a students' bolide, but we do not earn credits for it, i.e. we do not get accreditation during exam sessions. Meanwhile, here, my favorite occupation will gain me credits to complete the internship.
- Is your major in MIT related to mechanical engineering?
- Yes, I have moved to the forth year of the School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering. I am really into dealing with mechanisms running on alternative energy sources. Young people do not want to work with traditional types of energy such as designing vehicles with petrol engines any more, as far as there exist alternatives, and it is better to develop them than work with the old industry, which has caused the world so many troubles. As I said, we are also constructing a racecar at school, but it runs on electricity.
- And how is your team's automobile called? Polytech bolides, for instance, bear the names of UNO and Sol.
- We construct a car each year, since it can race only once. Thus, during the last years, when our team consisted solely of boys, we had a tradition to name the bolides after our ex-girlfriends, so we had cars called "Sara", "Kelly"…This year we have named the bolide after a Spanish postgraduate, who came as an intern and welded almost the whole frame for the car, but had to leave in the middle of the last term because of visa issues. The whole team misses him, so we have decided to call the car with his name - "Mario". So this year we are building a "SuperMario". (Laughs)
- We know that the MIT team developing the racecar bolide involves about 50 people. What are you responsible for in the team?
- I joined the team when I was a sophomore student. I was working on wheel systems – brakes, brackets, bearings. In my third year I already was in charge of the group engaged in the wheels development. This year, which is my last year, I have chosen to quit engineering for a while in order to give younger students the opportunity to show their worth as well. That is why I am going to deal with the financial issues for now, namely plan out the budget and look for sponsors.
- Is it challenging to combine studies at MIT with the hobby, let's say, the construction of that same racecar?
- Our studies are in fact very austere: literally every minute is preplanned. Even hanging out with friends sometimes has to be scheduled. Many students keep agendas, where they will write something like "I can meet friends on Thursday from 9 till 10, then I have lectures, projects, tasks". That is why our team meetings in the workshop are held on Saturdays. We arrive at about 10-11 and work till dark, and if we are unable to finish something, we stay overnight or work on Sundays. I manage to combine the activities, although not much time is spared. One of the perks which encourage us to go to the workshop on a day off is pizza for lunch and free dinner – from our sponsor. (Smiles).
- And what are your activities in Polytech?
- I am currently helping the guys with preparing a petrol-run bolide UNO for the racing. The race will take place in September, and the preparation is in full swing now. For example, the other day we had a test-drive on a go-cart track to check out how the car would function in the conditions close to those of a real race – even road, sharp turns… The car runs perfectly: it speeds up fast, the brakes work well, we only have to give it another brush to the suspension before the race. I think your team will do well at the competition.
I am also involved in the sunmobile project. Together with an engineer Sasha we work on a suspension for the car, make calculations and measurements in order to get down to the car construction itself in September.
- You have already worked with the Polytech team, what is the difference between the way students bolides are constructed in Russia and the USA?
- I reckon in Russia it is much more complicated to develop such a project. There is less infrastructure, it is harder to obtain spare parts, and a lot of red tape is involved. Meanwhile in the USA we can find the required part on the Internet, pay for it with the team's credit card, and in a couple of days we have the part delivered. In this sense it is more convenient in the USA: we do not need to fill in any forms and gather signatures of the executives.
What is more, our workshop is fully equipped – we are even able to weld the frame by ourselves. Here, the guys have to coordinate the project activities with the partners, go to a factory and finish off a part of the work there. However, the scheme is well-organized and smoothly running here.
The number of team members is also different: in MIT the core of the team involves 40-50 people, while in Polytech – only 10-15. That is why your engineers are responsible for all machine parts, whereas in our team everyone has a clearly defined task. However, in Polytech team the guys not only construct the bolide together – they are friends, they hang out together. In MIT, we are more numerous, but in spite of good relationships, we are rather colleagues than close friends.
With regards to the car itself, the bolide is very good in Polytech. I would say that some details of your car are more thoroughly designed and better fulfilled than in our project.
- Have you managed to walk around our city, check out the major attractions?
- Yes, Saint Petersburg is extremely beautiful, it reminds me of European cities. We wandered around the city with Zhenya (Evgeny Zakhlebaev – the Head of the Polytech Solar project – author's note), visited Kazan Cathedral, I liked the Church of the Savior on Blood a lot. I went to the "Swan Lake" to the Mariinsky Theatre – it was incredible, I really loved it! I intend to go to Peterhof and Moscow. Zhenya has also invited me to come to his country house, it is the "Russian thing" after all – to go to the country, take a Russian steam bath, cook barbecue… but, unfortunately, I do not have enough time for everything, because my visa got delayed, and instead of a month I have come for two weeks only.
- Will you keep in touch with the guys after the internship?
- For sure! We have already added each other on Facebook, the guys even have had me registered in Vkontakte. I am really eager to follow the construction of your car, so we will exchange photos and sponsor contact details – we will generally help each other develop our projects. After all, we are not in the same race, we are not competitors (Laughs).
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