SEATTLE – No excuses, no spin, no ultimatums.
General manager Terry Ryan doesn't seem inclined to dynamite his team less than a week into May, but he wasn't defending it much a day after the Twins fell to a major league-worst 6-18.
"Right now, things are not going very well," he said.
Ryan spoke Thursday, May 3, less than 24 hours after the Twins were no-hit by the Los Angeles Angels' Jered Weaver in a 9-0 loss. The Twins were outhit 15-0 and swept in a three-game series for the fourth time this season. Expected to reverse course on last season's 99-loss campaign, they're already three games off the pace set by the 2011 team.
Ryan scoffed at the notion that manager Ron Gardenhire's job might be in jeopardy.
As far as the GM is concerned, it's the players who have to turn this around, especially the starting rotation, baseball's worst by a wide margin.
Heading into Friday night's game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field, Twins starters are a combined 3-14 with a 7.06 earned-run average. The only Twins starter with an ERA under 5.00 is Carl Pavano (1-2, 4.91 ERA), who opens the three-game series against Seattle lefty Jason Vargas (3-2, 3.38).
Though the Twins' offense was shut down by Weaver on Wednesday night, the game's pattern was familiar and no doubt disheartening for a lineup accustomed to falling behind early. Starter Liam Hendriks never got out of the third inning, leaving with a 6-0 deficit after giving up nine hits. Twins pitchers have surrendered a major league-worst 85 runs in the first four innings of games this season, well over half of their MLB-worst 137 total.
"It's a simple pattern: You get a good start; you have a chance to win," Ryan said. "But we can't pretend this hasn't happened. I'm the first one to admit, 'OK, we weren't expecting this, and we're in a hole already.' Nobody wants this, but it's where we are.
Hendriks is 0-4 with a 7.41 ERA in eight career starts, and he's joined by some other players already notable for not playing well this season. Trevor Plouffe has played third base, shortstop, second base and outfield this season but is batting .111 (4 for 36). Outfielder Clete Thomas, picked up off waivers early, is batting .143 (4 for 28) with 16 strikeouts. The Twins already have released unproductive infielders Luke Hughes and Sean Burroughs.
But if Ryan is ready to shake up things by calling up some prospects, he isn't saying so publicly. He's in Rochester, N.Y., scouting the Twins' Class AAA team through the weekend but had seen only two games as of Thursday afternoon. The team would not have made the moves on Thursday's off day, either, so it's possible there could be some forthcoming.
Ryan started his second tenure as Twins GM on Nov. 7, replacing Bill Smith, who remains with the organization. Ryan had a busy offseason, signing free agents Josh Willingham and Ryan Doumit to bolster the offense, Jamey Carroll to bolster the defense and Jason Marquis to solidify the rotation. He watched Michael Cuddyer and Jason Kubel leave as free agents and traded right-handed starter Kevin Slowey.
He lowered the team's payroll by about $15 million, but the Twins still are spending more than $100 million for this team, which looked solid coming out of spring training, even as right-hander Scott Baker inched closer to what wound up being season-ending Tommy John surgery.
Lefty starter Scott Diamond, a Rule 5 draft pick from Atlanta in 2010, is 4-1 with a 2.38 ERA with the Red Wings and seems a likely candidate for a call-up, but the Twins' real starting prospects – right-handers Kyle Gibson and Alex Wimmers – are in Fort Myers, Fla., rehabbing elbow injuries.
Besides, the Twins have a lot of money invested in Pavano ($8.5 million), Liriano ($5.5 million), Nick Blackburn ($4.75 million) and Marquis ($3 million).
Ryan easily could swap Diamond for Hendriks, but any real change in the rotation likely will mean a complete overhaul, complete with nonwaiver deadline trades. That deadline isn't for three months, and if it comes to that, it won't just be about pitching.
Asked if he feels the need to make executive decisions right now, Ryan chose his words carefully.


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EU CLP - Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on the Classification, Labeling and Packaging of substances and mixtures
2 February 2016 Author:CIRS Source:cirs
CLP Chemical Classification
EU CLP stands for the Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on the Classification, Labeling and Packaging of substances and mixtures. CLP introduces the United Nations globally harmonized system (UN GHS) for classification and labeling of chemicals into Europe. CLP entered into force on 20th January 2009.
There are many different systems for classifying and labeling chemicals in the world, which causes confusion, potential errors and misunderstandings among workers and consumers alike. This was primarily due to exposure to differing forms of labeling and safety data sheets in different countries. Thus, the United Nations developed a Globally Harmonized System for the classification and labeling of chemicals, known as GHS. As an international agreement GHS is non-legally binding in Europe, therefore the GHS criteria was introduced into Europe via CLP.
The 5th revised edition of the UN Globally Harmonized System (GHS) was adopted now. It's supposed that the 6th revised edition of GHS will be adopted by CLP soon. CIRS has summarized the differences among the 5th revised UN GHS, CLP regulation, China GHS and US HCS. For more info, please click here.
The Transitional Period of CLP Regulation
The CLP Regulation has replace Dangerous Substances Directive 67/548/EEC (DSD) and Dangerous Preparations Directive 1999/45/EC (DPD) in a stepwise approach during a transitional period. After 1 June 2015, both substance and mixture shall only be classified according to CLP.
Key dates For substance For mixtures
Classification Labeling and Packaging Classification Labeling and Packaging
From 20 Jan. 2009 until 1 Dec. 2010 In accordance with DSD; CLP is optional In accordance with DSD; if substance is classified under CLP, it shall be labeled ad packaged under CLP In accordance with DPD; CLP is optional In accordance with DPD; if mixture is classified under CLP, it shall be labeled and packaged under CLP
From 1 Dec. 2010 until 1 Jun. 2015 In accordance with both DSD and CLP In accordance with CLP only In accordance with DPD; CLP is optional
In accordance with DPD; if mixture is classified under CLP, it shall be labeled and packaged under CLP
From 1 Jun. 2015 In accordance with CLP only In accordance with CLP only In accordance with CLP only In accordance with CLP only
How to Comply with CLP Regulation
The CLP Regulation, Article 46, on Enforcement and Reporting, states that "Member States shall take all necessary measures, including maintaining a system of official controls, to ensure that substances and mixtures are not placed on the market, unless they have been classified, labelled, notified and packaged in accordance with this Regulation".
Generally speaking, companies shall classify substances or mixtures, submit C&L notifications to ECHA, and label and package their products in accordance with the CLP regulation. CLP compliant Safety Data Sheet containing the CLP classification and labelling shall also be prepared and communicated to downstream users.
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MADRID (AP) - Rafael Nadal will travel to London next Tuesday in hopes of defending his Wimbledon title despite having played with pain in his knees for months.
The top-ranked Spaniard said in a statement Tuesday that after two days of medical tests in Barcelona he has decided to try physical therapy to prepare for the tournament, which starts June 22.
"I am going to give my 200 percent to be ready for the most important tournament in the world," Nadal said. "I will not go out and play, especially on the Wimbledon Centre Court, if I am not 100 percent ready to play.
"I have two difficult weeks ahead of me, especially because I won't be doing what I like doing most, which is to play tennis."
Nadal withdrew from a grass-court warmup event at Queen's Club this week. His 31-match winning streak at the French Open ended with a fourth-round loss to eventual finalist Robin Soderling.
"I have been playing with pain on my knees for some months now and I simply can't go on like this," Nadal said. "The pain was limiting certain movements in my body, which affected me mentally as well."
Spanish Tennis Federation physician Dr. Angel Ruiz-Cotorro said Nadal has tendinitis in both knees.
"His treatment will involve oral anti-inflammatories, physiotherapy, as well as muscular exercises for both quadriceps," Ruiz-Cotorro said.


As you may know, the MSB Senior Class is putting on a 5K and Fun Run to raise money for graduation and their Senior Class trip. The 5K will be held on Thursday, November 29th. Registration will begin at 5:30pm. The Fun Run will be a 1 mile run around ring road on the campus of MS School for the Blind and will start at 6:00pm. Participants in the Fun Run will have the option of running blindfolded with a sighted guide. The 5K will begin at 6:30pm. Colored powder will be thrown at participants as they complete each lap. We will have a food truck and SnoBiz will be on site for your dining needs. So bring the family out! Even if you don't want to run, you can still come out to support our Seniors by eating dinner with us.
Cost for the "Fun Run" alone is $15. You will register for this on site at 5:30.
The first 30 participants to register online will receive a free event t-shirt.
We look forward to having y'all join us for what is sure to be a fun event!


How to become a business partner and create greater values for organization?
How to support the business departments and contribute to the successful implementation of business strategies?
How to identifythe problems of organizations sharply and carry out effective intervention strategies to win the trust of the business departments?
This lecture intends to introduce a useful tool: six boxes of Wesburd. Six Boxes is a simple and practical diagnostic tool for organizations. From an internal perspective, it constantly reviews the process of business implementation, helps us "review the status quo", "open up the future", and builds a bridge between reality and the future, telling us what has happened to the organization and what the organization needs to undergo the most needed breakthrough at present.
organizational diagnosis that HR has with business team, acting as a tool to achieve team consensus.
communications between HR and the business team, acting as a set of communication language to launch the organizational status.
Executive Director of Dedao Consulting & Education Group.


This is a commercial ad of Nest Cam Indoor. This commercial was released in October 2016 in United States. Under the title of "Nest: Knowing".
You shouldn't have to be home to know what's happening there.
The commercial by Production Company is Super Prime, Culver City and is directed by Emmett Molloy.
The commercial song is Original Music by Music and Strategy. This song was produced specifically for the commercial and unfortunately, it is not available to purchase or download on any music sites.


Deb has over twenty years of experience in Human Resources, most prominently in the technology, media and staffing. Deb's most recent in-house position was Vice President of Employee Experience for OfferUp, a Bellevue-based mobile marketplace, connecting buyers and sellers locally. During Deb's four years with OfferUp, she helped navigate the company through it's accelerated growth, building the employee foundation from it's initial ten employees to over 250. She built OfferUp's overall employee experience, managing all Human Resources, Recruiting, Office Operations and IT functions. She helped guide the organization from an early-stage technology startup, through exceptional employee growth and evolution. Her efforts included developing OfferUp's initial employee benefits portfolio, compensation framework, employer branding and talent acquisition strategies, performance management practices, and compliance efforts. Her experience spans the spectrum of HR functions, most prominently in employee acquisition, growth and retention, compensation and benefits and organizational development.
Deb's passion for Human Resources begins with the belief that employees are a company's most vital asset and resource. Her expertise is working within all levels of an organization to align employee talent and create an environment where employees and the organization as a whole are all working to achieve and contribute their fullest potential. Deb has extensive experience partnering with executive leadership to define company values and culture and uses her enthusiasm and open communication style to foster values throughout the organization. She leads by example and is a trusted partner and advocate for all levels of the company.
Deb holds a B.A. in French and International Business from The University of Puget Sound. She is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), and has achieved certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). Deb is also a RYT-200 certified yoga instructor and leads annual yoga teacher training programs locally in the Seattle area.


You may have noticed an absence over the last year. Or maybe you didn't (I won't be offended). Well, I have good news for you: I'm back.
The last year has been quite the roller coaster for me. My previous post marked the final turn in my father's health, and subsequent rapid decline. The prior November, in a last-ditch effort, he underwent a difficult procedure to "replace" his immune system to beat the Lymphoma. Remember my "Thankful for Superheroes" post? Well, that post was made just after he completed that treatment. He was such a trooper, the true image of strength and a positive attitude. I'm still learning these lessons from him, and will continue to do so for a long time.
It's been nearly one year to the day since his passing.


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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/pentagon-to-release-final-report-on-niger-ambush
Pentagon report finds multiple failures leading to Niger attack
Politics May 10, 2018 9:54 AM EDT — Updated on May 10, 2018 12:38 PM EDT
WASHINGTON — Multiple failures led up to the deadly Niger attack last October, but top military leaders said Thursday that none directly caused the overwhelming enemy ambush that killed four American service members and sent others fighting and running for their lives.
"The direct cause of the enemy attack in Tongo Tongo is that the enemy achieved tactical surprise there and our forces were outnumbered approximately three-to-one," Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier Jr. told reporters during a Pentagon press conference.
He described a brutal, chaotic firefight, as 46 U.S. and Nigerien forces battled more than 100 enemy fighters. Amid the chaos, he said, there were repeated acts of bravery as the outnumbered and outgunned soldiers made split-second decisions under heavy fire, struggling to protect and rescue each other during the more than hourlong assault.
"The direct cause of the enemy attack in Tongo Tongo is that the enemy achieved tactical surprise there and our forces were outnumbered approximately three-to-one."
Killed in the attack were: Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Florida; Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, 35, of Puyallup, Washington; Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, 39, of Springboro, Ohio; and Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright, 29, of Lyons, Georgia. Four Nigerien troops were also killed, and two American soldiers and eight Nigerien forces were wounded.
The Americans who were killed "gave their last full measure of devotion to our country and died with honor while actively engaging the enemy," the report said. None were captured alive by the enemy, and all died immediately or quickly from their wounds, it said.
After months of silence during the investigation, Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, head of U.S. Africa Command, laid out the findings and took responsibility for what happened.
He said the report, which has not yet been made public in full, singles out three individuals whose actions could be faulted. He did not name them. U.S. Special Operations Command will make any discipline decisions, as well as recommendations on awards for valor, Waldhauser said, adding he believes there will be awards for numerous acts of extraordinary bravery by the troops.
The investigation has already triggered changes in the way military activities are carried out in Niger and elsewhere in Africa, including giving teams the option to use heavily armored vehicles and beefed-up firepower.
"We are now far more prudent on our missions," said Waldhauser, who sat alongside Cloutier, Africa Command's chief of staff who led the investigation.
A report summary released Thursday includes recommendations to improve mission planning and approval procedures, re-evaluate equipment and weapons requirements, and review training that U.S. commandos conduct with partner forces.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis directed Waldhauser to take immediate steps to address shortfalls, and has given senior leaders four months to complete a review and lay out a plan for additional changes.
The summary lays out a confusing chain of events that unfolded on Oct. 3-4, ending in the ambush, and points to "individual, organizational, and institutional failures and deficiencies that contributed to the tragic events." But it concludes that "no single failure or deficiency was the sole reason" for what happened.
It said the U.S. forces didn't have time to train together before they deployed and did not do preparatory battle drills with their Nigerien partners. And the report said lax communication and poor attention to details led to a "general lack of situational awareness and command oversight at every echelon."
Robert Karem, the assistant defense secretary for international security affairs, who also spoke, said there are about 800 U.S. troops in Niger, and that none are supposed to be engaged in direct combat. Most are involved in the construction of a new air base there.
According to the report, the Army Special Forces team left Camp Ouallam on Oct. 3 to go after Doundou Chefou, a leader of the Islamic State group who was suspected of involvement in the kidnapping of an American aid worker. But the team leader and his immediate supervisor submitted a different mission to their higher command, saying they were simply going out to meet tribal leaders.
Waldhauser called the mischaracterization of the mission unacceptable, but Cloutier rejected suggestions the team leaders lied. It's not clear if those two are among the three service members he said could face discipline.
"It wasn't a deliberate intent to deceive," Cloutier said. "It was lack of attention to detail."
When the Ouallam team got to the location the insurgent wasn't there.
Senior commanders, unaware of the team's earlier actions, then ordered the troops to serve as backup for a second team's raid, also targeting Chefou. That mission was aborted when weather grounded the second team. The Ouallam team members were then ordered to another location to collect intelligence also linked to Chefou, which they did without problems. On their way back to their home base they stopped at the village of Tongo Tongo to get water.
U.S. forces didn't have time to train together before they deployed and did not do preparatory battle drills with their Nigerien partners.
Soon after leaving Tongo Tongo, about 120 miles (200 kilometers) north of Niamey, Niger's capital, they were ambushed by Islamic State-linked militants carrying small arms and machine guns.
The report concludes that although the enemy fighters can move freely around the village area, "there is not enough evidence to conclude that the villagers of Tongo Tongo willingly (without duress) aid and support them. Additionally, there is insufficient evidence to determine if villagers aided the enemy or participated in the attack."
Cloutier said it appears insurgents attempted to take away the bodies of three of the killed American troops — Black, Wright and Jeremiah Johnson — but fled when French fighter jets buzzed the area. Two of the bodies were found in the bed of an enemy truck, and another was beside it.
The other American fatality, La David Johnson, and two Nigerien soldiers got separated from the others during the battle and were gunned down. Johnson's body wasn't found until two days later. All were stripped of weapons and equipment.
Families of the fallen have expressed frustration with the incident and the briefings they got.
"The whole thing was a screwed-up mess," said Arnold Wright, father of Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright of Lyons, Georgia, who was killed in the attack. Wright said he's concerned the Army may be pinning blame on lower-ranking soldiers and not accepting responsibility high enough up the chain of command.
READ MORE: Deadly Niger mission lacked proper senior approval, investigation finds
Left: A combination photo of U.S. Army Special Forces Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson (L to R), U.S. Special Forces Sgt. Bryan Black, U.S. Special Forces Sgt. Dustin Wright and U.S. Special Forces Sgt. La David Johnson, all who were killed in Niger, West Africa, in October 2017. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Special Operations Command/Handout via Reuters
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Condensation trails: Where they occur and what can be done about them
Description: Report presenting a brief, nontechnical discussion of condensation trails for flying personnel. World maps showing trail-forming zones at different altitudes and seasons are presented. Means for suppression trails are given.
Creator: Rhode, Richard V. & Pearson, H. A.
Construction of Finned Aluminum Muffs for Aircraft Engine Cylinder Barrels
Description: "This report describes the material, cutting-tool development, and machining procedure used in constructing an air-cooled cylinder barrel having a cooling muff with 2-inch fins spaced 1/8 inch. Details of two types of thread form used for the barrel to head assembly with the cooling muff are also presented" (p. 1).
Creator: Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
The Effect of Spinner-Body Gap on the Pressures Available for Cooling in the NACA E-Type Cowling
Description: "Tests of a 1/3-scale model of an NACA E-type cowling were made in the 8-foot high-speed tunnel for the purpose of determining the effect of the gap between the skirt of the hollow spinner and the cowling proper on the pressures available for cooling. It was found that even a large gap (0.096 in. on the model) had no appreciable effect on the available cooling pressures" (p. 1).
Creator: Becker, John V. & Mattson, Axel T.
Interference effects of longitudinal flat plates on low-drag airfoils
Description: Three airfoils were tested with an intersecting flat plate normal to the span as a preliminary study of interference effects on airfoils. Small interference effects were noted on the first two airfoils, while larger effects were noted on the NACA 66,2-422 section, which had previously been shown to be unconservative with respect to separation. Airfoils known to be conservative should be used for inboard sections subject to nacelle and fuselage interference.
Creator: Abbott, Ira H.
Investigation of Effects of Various Camouflage Paints and Painting Procedures on the Drag Characteristics of an NACA 65(Sub 421)-420, a = 1.0 Airfoil Section
Description: Bulletin presenting an investigation of the effects of various camouflage paints and painting procedures on the drag characteristics of a 60-inch-chord low-drag airfoil in the NACA two-dimensional low-turbulence pressure tunnel.
Creator: Braslow, Albert L.
Investigation of Extreme Leading-Edge Roughness on Thick Low-Drag Airfoils to Indicate Those Critical to Separation
Description: Bulletin presenting a study of several airfoils, including a conventional NACA 23021 and some low-drag airfoils for which the thickness had been increased, as smooth airfoils and after the application of a standard roughness. The results show some of the airfoils to be critical to separation resulting from such flow disturbances.
Creator: Davidson, Milton
Investigation of the Variation of Lift Coefficient With Reynolds Number at a Moderate Angle of Attack on a Low-Drag Airfoil
Description: Bulletin presenting an investigation of the boundary layer about the NACA 66,2-216, a = 0.6 airfoil section in the two-dimensional low-turbulence tunnel. The primary purpose was to find an explanation for the decreased slope of the lift curve observed for some of the low-drag sections outside the low-drag range at low Reynolds numbers.
Creator: von Doenhoff, Albert E. & Tetervin, Neal
Notes on the Effects of Trailing-Edge Shapes of Low-Drag Airfoils on Profile Drag and the Trim and Balance of Control Surfaces
Description: Report presenting measurements of drag, lift, and aileron hinge moments on a 100-inch-chord model with various modifications to the trailing edge of the 0.20c Frise type aileron. The purpose of the data is to show qualitatively the effects of comparatively small modifications to the trailing edge of an aileron.
Creator: Underwood, W. J.
Preliminary experimental investigation of airfoils in cascade
Description: Report presenting information about airfoils in cascade, including the angle through which the air is turned and where the cascade losses are located.
Creator: Kantrowitz, Arthur & Daum, Fred L.
A preliminary study of the effect of compressive load on the fairness of a low-drag wing specimen with Z-section stiffeners
Description: "A low-drag airfoil specimen was loaded in compression, and surveys of the fairness of the surface were made at different stresses as well as at zero load after successively higher stresses had been applied and removed. The tests reported and the discussion of the significance of the results obtained suggest a procedure for determining the probable outcome of a particular type of construction for a low-drag wing" (p. 1).
Creator: Jacobs, Eastman N.; Lundquist, Eugene E.; Davidson, Milton & Houbolt, John C.
Some Lift and Drag Measurements of a Representative Bomber Nacelle on a Low-Drag Wing
Description: Report presenting testing of a representative bomber nacelle on a low-drag wing in the NACA two-dimensional tunnel. The adverse or interference effects of the nacelle on the low-drag wing were small.
Creator: Ellis, Macon C., Jr.
Some Lift and Drag Measurements of a Representative Bomber Nacelle on a Low-Drag Wing 2
Description: "Tests of a second representative bomber nacelle on a low-drag wing at a large value of the Reynolds number were made in the NACA two-dimensional low-turbulence pressure tunnel. Results show the drag and interference of the nacelle on the low-drag wing to be small" (p. 1).
Variation with Mach Number of Static and Total Pressures Through Various Screens
Description: "Tests were conducted in the Langley 24-inch highspeed tunnel to ascertain the static-pressure and total-pressure losses through screens ranging in mesh from 3 to 12 wires per inch and in wire diameter from 0.023 to 0.041 inch. Data were obtained from a Mach number of approximately 0.20 up to the maximum (choking) Mach number obtainable for each screen. The results of this investigation indicate that the pressure losses increase with increasing Mach number until the choking Mach number, which can be computed, is reached" (p. 1).
Creator: Adler, Alfred A.
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More Mainers and their towns have been forced to become tech-savvy during the pandemic
by Emily Burnham July 30, 2020 July 30, 2020
Ed Brazee of Orono works with a client on using her smart phone in this 2015 photo. Brazee, co-founder of BoomerTECH Adventures, which helps older Mainers learn how to use technology, has worked with many clients during the pandemic who face a more urgent need to become tech-savvy. Credit: Gabor Degre | BDN
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Former University of Maine professor Ed Brazee co-founded a company called BoomerTECH Adventures in 2015 with the goal of helping Mainers from the baby-boom generation get more comfortable with the internet and using the latest technology.
Little did he know that in March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic struck, his skills in teaching clients how to video chat or pay their bills online would become a crucial tool in helping people figure out how to navigate their new socially distant reality.
"It went from something where people could learn on their own time, to 'Oh boy, I'd better figure this out right now,'" said Brazee, an Orono resident who retired in 2014 as a professor of education at UMaine. "I think people have realized that this is how it's going to be for a long time, and they'd need to learn how to do things online, and quickly."
Brazee and his colleagues at BoomerTECH have spent the past four months working with people from all over the state, getting them accustomed to using Zoom, ordering groceries online, paying municipal bills, making telemedicine appointments and more.
As more of life has shifted online during the pandemic, the struggle for many has been a lack of internet access or the lack of a computer or smartphone. Some 24,000 students, for example, were found this spring to lack the internet access they needed to participate in classes. As of 2017, 10.3 percent of Maine households — or more than 55,000 — didn't have a computer or smartphone, and 17.3 percent lacked an internet connection, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
Brazee and his colleagues have been focused on the situation in which many older Mainers might find themselves, struggling not just with doing more online, but with knowing how to use the technology in the first place.
One common problem Brazee has encountered was that seniors had laptops or desktop computers, but that the machines were too old to run programs such as Zoom. If they didn't have family or friends to help them, they often didn't know where to start in upgrading their devices — especially in the first few months of the pandemic, when many stores were closed, Brazee said.
"Folks in this age bracket are the most vulnerable to the virus, so having a phone or a tablet might suddenly be their main connection to the outside world," he said. "And for seniors in particular, if they didn't have that device in the first place, or they have an old, outdated one, that makes it that much more difficult."
But faced with the necessity of doing more online, Brazee said, seniors have figured it out even when help wasn't immediately available, such as earlier in the pandemic, when Brazee and his team were overwhelmed by requests for help and couldn't respond to some questions immediately.
"People aren't just throwing up their hands if they can't figure it out," he said.
It's not only individuals who have had to rapidly adapt technologically during the pandemic. About 30 percent of Maine's more than 400 cities and towns don't have websites, according to the Maine Municipal Association. But towns and cities quickly had to start offering more services, such as the ability to renew car registrations, make tax and utility payments and holding municipal meetings, online.
A screenshot of a Bangor City Council Zoom meeting. Credit: Courtesy of the City of Bangor
Even in a city that offers a wide range of services online, such as Bangor, it's still a struggle to encourage residents to use the services.
There are still 7,000 overdue car registrations in Bangor as of this month, said City Manager Cathy Conlow, although residents have been able to renew their car registrations online for years. She remains concerned about those in Bangor who don't have reliable access to the internet — especially seniors who have always done their city business in person.
"It worries me. How do we stay connected to our senior population when there's a big digital divide?" Conlow said. "The pandemic has really shown us where all the holes are. If you don't have the internet, it's like not having electricity or sewer. It's not optional, at this point."
With municipal meetings, town and city governments had to move them online, often to Zoom, almost overnight.
"It was almost a crisis, because right as we were stepping into town meeting season, we simply could not have people attend those in person," said Eric Conrad, director of communication and education services for the Maine Municipal Association. "Not to mention the struggle to move council meetings online. It was a major transition to make, in not a lot of time."
To that end, the Maine Municipal Association has held a number of trainings to help towns learn new technology, and it has encouraged towns that already have a robust online presence or a staff member who deals with I.T. to work with towns that do not.
"Smaller towns are learning from their larger counterparts," Conrad said.
Once people overcome the technological hurdle, having town and city meetings online may actually increase citizen participation in government, rather than lessen it, said Conrad and Conlow. Bangor, for example, has seen an increase in public participation in Zoom meetings over the past month or two, and a significant increase in the number of people who watch meetings over Facebook, said Zeth Lundy, the city's public information officer.
"You might not be able to come to a council meeting in person," Conlow said. "But you could tune into Zoom and participate from home. That's a good thing."
The same phenomenon might hold true for town meetings.
"You might only get 60 people at a town meeting sometimes, for whatever reason. But if you can attend virtually, you could have 400 people show up," Conrad said. "There are some things coming out of this that might not be such a bad thing."
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Bruce O'Krepkie, Mayor of the Town of Windsor, presented an overview of the activities that are going on in that community.
Windsor enjoys a relatively stable financial picture. Since the time of their incorporation they have leased police services from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, leaving the Town of Windsor with no long-term liabilities for pensions. They are also part of a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the Rincon Valley Fire District and payment for that service comes from property taxes that are paid to Sonoma County.
Environmentally, Windsor is leading the way in energy and water conservation. They are a member of the PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) program under which citizens who make improvements that increase the efficiency of water usage can have the costs of those services put on their water bill to be paid over an extended period of time through funding from an outside source, that may include low interest investment funds. The slight increase in their water bill, paying for this set of improvements over time, is more than offset by the reduction in water bills for reduced use of water.
Windsor is also part of the Sonoma Clean Power Initiative and is virtually entirely supplied by that entity. In the past year the city of Windsor has saved over $100,000 from what it would cost to have the same service provided by PG&E. One of the next subdivisions that is currently approved and will be starting soon, includes a dual piping system wherein recycled water will be used for outdoor irrigation and for toilet functions within the home. Clean water will be used for cooking ,bathing and other uses of potable water.
Windsor is currently in the process of building an Oliver's Market along with retail shops, senior housing and business offices on the east side of Old Redwood Highway west of the freeway. This will be completed in the next 6-12 months. They are also planning on 2 developments of apartment housing. One of these will be north of the Oliver's shopping center and will have approximately 470 units; the other will be on Windsor Mill Road off Windsor River Road and will have approximately 400 apartments. There is a subdivision of 70 single-family detached homes that will be all solar powered and irrigated with drip systems is planned for the area just north of the Walmart shopping center off of Shiloh Road.
The town of Windsor is hoping to get this memorandum of agreement enacted in a piece of legislation that would supersede the Bureau of Indian Affairs changing its content in the future. The current administrative structure in Windsor thinks that this is a good idea and is moving forward cautiously in hopes that a reasonable deal can be put together.
Additional highlights of the Windsor scene include Concerts on Thursday Nights that are attended by between 3,000-5,000 people, farmers markets on the weekends and the development of an arts committee to help decorate the two new roundabouts with appropriate sculpture and landscaping materials.


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Fitness financials: Big 5 cuts Q2 forecast due to weaker same-store sales, plus Everlast, Hibbett Sports, Sears, Costco, Wal-Mart
Fitness financials: Big 5 cuts Q2 forecast due to weaker same-store sales. Hidary sues to buy Everlast; lawyer files class action suit for shareholders. Hibbett Sports shares rise on analyst upgrade. Sears lowers Q2 earnings guidance, shares drop. Costco reports June sales results. Wal-Mart June same-store sales climb.
Big 5 cuts Q2 forecast due to weaker same-store sales
Big 5 Sporting Goods (Nasdaq: BGFV) lowered its second-quarter earnings forecast after sales came in at the lower end of the retailer's target range, and it saw same-store sales fall by 0.2 percent, the first quarterly decline in more than 11 years.
The company now expects earnings between $0.23 and $0.26 per share in the quarter ended July 1. That is down from a previous range of $0.25 to $0.33 per share.
Total sales in the period climbed 2.9 percent to $217.8 million from $211.8 million last year.
The company plans to report second-quarter results in the first week of August.
Shares fell $1.26, or 5 percent, to $24.01 in afternoon trading on July 12.
In other company news: Michael Miller, a director with retailer Big 5, sold 10,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Miller reported he sold the shares July 9-10 for $25.10 to $25.30 apiece.
The stock sale was conducted under a prearranged 10b5-1 trading plan which allows a company insider to set up a program in advance for such transactions and proceed with them even if he or she comes into possession of material nonpublic information.
Insiders file Form 4s with the SEC to report transactions in their companies' shares. Open market purchases and sales must be reported within two business days of the transaction.
Hidary sues to buy Everlast; lawyer files class action suit for shareholders
New York-based investor group Hidary Group has filed a lawsuit against Everlast Worldwide (Nasdaq: EVST) to force the company to honor a buyout agreement with Hidary, according to a July 12 SEC filing. Now an Everlast shareholder is asking the company to reconsider Hidary's buyout offer.
Everlast agreed to a $26.50 per share offer from Hidary on June 1, but later received a competing bid from Brands Holdings for $30 per share. Everlast terminated its deal with Hidary on June 28 to accept the rival bid, although Hidary offered to boost its price to $30.55 and make other necessary changes.
Hidary's lawsuit, filed with the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, seeks to prevent Everlast from merging with Brand Holdings, a unit of Sports Direct International, and hold Everlast to its earlier agreement with Hidary. Hidary, which owns a 36.1 percent stake in the company, is also seeking damages.
Hidary's suit alleges that Everlast breached its contract and "willfully refused to negotiate in good faith."
Since Everlast terminated its agreement with Hidary, Hidary has raised its offer to $31.25 per share and Brands Holdings has lifted its offer to $33 per share.
Aquamarine Capital Management, a 2.9-percent shareholder of Everlast, said Everlast's refusal to negotiate with Hidary may represent a breach of the board's fiduciary responsibility to obtain the best offer for its shareholders.
Aquamarine said the board hasn't conducted an open and transparent bid process to achieve the highest possible offer. It agreed that Everlast should have considered Hidary's revised bid superior to Brands Holdings' offer.
Aquamarine also criticized Everlast for agreeing to breakup fees that make it more difficult for a higher bid to emerge. Hidary's latest offer was structured to allow shareholders to roll up to 50 percent of their investment into the private company. Aquamarine had agreed to roll its 127,993 shares into Hidary's original $26.50 per share offer.
Aquamarine asked the board to go back to the negotiating table with Hidary.
In other company news: The Law Offices of Brian M. Felgoise, P.C. said on July 10 that a class action has been commenced on behalf of shareholders of Everlast in connection with the offer by Sports Direct to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Everlast.
The case is pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery against certain officers and directors. The goal of the lawsuit is to seek the highest possible offer for the public shares.
Hibbett Sports shares rise on analyst upgrade
Shares of Hibbett Sports (Nasdaq: HIBB) rose July 12 after an analyst gave the company an "Outperform" rating, saying the shares are attractively priced given the company's growth potential.
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. analyst Jeff Sonnek set a 12-month target price for the stock of $37.
Hibbett shares rose as high as $2.09 to $30.62 in day's trading to close at $29.30 on July 12. The stock has traded as low as $18.90 and as high as $33.95 over the past year.
Sonnek wrote in a client note that the benefits of Hibbett's overhaul of its supply chain and merchandising systems have yet to be realized. He also called the chain a "consistent growth story" in terms of its sales rate and earnings performance.
"Hibbett's unique market positioning allows for significant unit growth, as the company's small-format stores offer brands and service not typically provided by the competition," Sonnek wrote. Hibbett targets small-town markets of about 30,000 to 100,000 people.
Last month, Hibbett said it expects annual store growth of 15 percent, primarily in the South and Southwest.
Sears lowers Q2 earnings guidance, shares drop
Sears Holdings (Nasdaq: SHLD) sent out a warning that its second-quarter earnings will likely fall well below expectations because of more disappointing sales at its Sears and Kmart. The news tanked Sears' stock, which fell more than 10 percent to a 10-month low before rebounding slightly.
For the quarter ending Aug. 4, Sears expects to earn between $160 million and $200 million, or $1.06 and $1.32 per share. That includes a $0.08 per share gain from bankruptcy-related settlements and investing activities. Analysts had expected second-quarter earnings of $2.12 per share for the company.
During a nine-week period that ended July 7, same-store sales at Kmart's U.S. locations fell 3.9 percent while same-store sales fell 4 percent at Sears.
Separately, Sears said it approved the purchase of up to $1 billion of its common shares, in addition to the $121 million worth of shares that remain available for repurchase under the company 's current buyback program. Since late 2005, Sears has repurchased nearly 14 million shares at a total cost of $1.9 billion.
Sears shares fell $17.20, or 10 percent, to $154.21 on July 10.
Costco reports June sales results
Costco (Nasdaq: COST) reported net sales of $6.35 billion for the month of June, the five weeks ended July 8, an increase of 10 percent from $5.78 billion in the same five-week period last year.
The company's total same-store sales for June were 6 percent -- U.S. same-store sales were 5 percent, while international same-store sales were 10 percent.
Wal-Mart June same-store sales climb
June same-store sales for Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) rose 2.4 percent excluding fuel sales. The company also maintained its second-quarter earnings guidance, saying its target range is achievable despite a tough environment.
Total sales for the five weeks ended July 6 rose 9.4 percent to $35.81 billion from $32.74 billion, with the namesake Wal-Mart Stores chain posting a 7.1 percent sales gain, to $22.94 billion. Sales at Sam's Club warehouse chain rose 9.6 percent to $4.42 billion, and international sales climbed 15.9 percent during the month to $8.45 billion.
Same-stores sales in June excluding fuel sales rose 1.6 percent at Wal-Mart Stores and 6.9 percent at Sam's Club stores. Same-store sales in June 2006 rose 1.3 percent companywide.
Looking ahead, the company sees July same-store sales growth of 1 percent to 2 percent and second-quarter earnings-per-share guidance of $0.75 to $0.79.
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Fitness financials: Dick's Q2 profit up on higher same-store sales, plus Crocs, Winmark, Hibbett, California Family Health, Sears, Wal-Mart
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Fitness financials: Stride Rite to purchase Saucony, plus Big 5, Everlast, Finish Line, Costco, Wal-Mart
Stride Rite to purchase SauconyHind's parent Saucony (NasdaqNM: SCNYA and SCNYB) has been picked up by Stride Rite Corp. for $170 million -- about $23 a share. Taking into account cash reserves at Saucony, Stride Rite said the deal would cost it about $140 million. Stride Rite is ...read more
Fitness financials: adidas-Salomon takes restrictions off U.S. trade, plus Hibbett, Finish Line, Sears Holding Corp., Wal-Mart, Costco, Sears
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Fitness financials: Forzani Group's Q2 profit rises, plus Finish Line, Crocs, Dick's, Costco, Wal-Mart
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Fitness financials: Costco June same-sales rise 9 percent, plus Wal-Mart
Costco June same-sales rise 9 percent Costco Wholesale (Nasdaq: COST) said same-store sales rose 9 percent in June including gasoline. Excluding the impact of gasoline price inflation, Costco said its same-store sales would have risen 5 percent in the United States, instead of 9 ...read more
Fitness financials: Bally reports Q1 net loss, plus Gaiam, adidas-Salomon, TSI, Everlast, Costco, Sears, Wal-Mart
Bally reports Q1 net loss and low cash flowBally Total Fitness Holding Corp. (NYSE: BFT) reported a net loss for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004, of $13.8 million or $0.42 per share, compared to a net loss for the first quarter of 2003 of $635.2 million, or $19.50 per ...read more
Fitness financials: Precor bright spot in Amer Sports report, plus Bally, Gaiam, Everlast, Iconix, adidas, Nautilus, Hibbett, Sears Holdings, Health Fitness
Precor bright spot in Amer Sports' Q2 reportDespite a 7 percent increase in second-quarter net sales for its Precor segment, Amer Sports' net sales decreased 4 percent to EUR 310.3 million (USD $425.0 million) compared to EUR 321.8 million (USD $443.0 million) in 2006. In local ...read more
Fitness financials: Big 5 cuts Q2 guidance, plus Costco
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dictatorial tendencies, his support for Hamas, his passive aid to Islamic State, and his flirtations with Moscow and Tehran have led many in the U.S. to despair of Turkey's future as an ally. Two weeks ago, the last straw seemed to come when, despite repeated warnings from Washington, Turkey began receiving Russia's S-400 missile-defense system, designed specifically to shoot down American-made F-35s. To Michael Doran and Peter Rough, however, there are some legitimate grievances behind Ankara's bad behavior, and moreover the alliance, which dates back to the beginning of the cold war, is too important to sacrifice:
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Affiliate marketing is actually really simple; you promote, or even just mention someone else's product. Then someone comes along, clicks the link you provide, buys the product, and you get a commission on the sale, which is sometimes as high as 75% of the price of the product! Affiliate marketing can be a powerful tool to make large amounts of money, without doing a lot of work. However, while affiliate marketing is an easy concept, you need to know what you are doing. There are specific, proven strategies and steps that you must follow in order to build a successful affiliate marketing business online. Lots of people try affiliate marketing for the first time and fail, because they don't have the roadmap to follow.
Because of the budget they have, this site has the capacity to purchase products and pay independent reviewers to review each product and take pictures for their article. Many of their articles are extensively researched, and it's not uncommon to see some of their articles with more than 7,000 words on a topic. This is one of the biggest examples of a successful Amazon niche website, and based on the estimated traffic, they are more than likely earning hundreds of thousands of dollars per month, if not millions – a far cry from my recent FBA venture and business sale.
I've actually never even considered affiliate marketing for my blog… You've definitely given me some things to think about. I definitely think My blog should be more established (more traffic, followers, etc) before I would want to make that kind of charge… I'm still learning so much, I don't want to overdo it by taking my blog to another level. Plus since my traffic isn't super high, it wouldn't be beneficial to me just yet. Great info Margot!
Market research/networking — When you become an affiliate marketer, you are hoping to establish yourself as a voice of authority in that specific industry or niche. In order to do so, you need to have a good grasp on who you're talking to. Who are you trying to sell these products to? What kinds of copy or advertisements do they respond to? Do they prefer email marketing over social media marketing, or vice versa? Market research is a part of any advertising strategy.
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The term niche, when used in the study of business, is used to define a business's role in a market. Not only does its niche include the environment that a given business operates in, but it also includes the business's "job" in that environment. A niche may also encompass how the business is monetized, how it interacts with consumers, and also how it interacts with other businesses and influencers within the environment, as well.
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If I'm building a site with the intention for it to become a brand, I will detail out a minimum of 60 flagship post ideas before I even get started. Flagship content is your amazing content. It's not your everyday posts. It's content targeted at the exact topics your potential user base is searching for and that goes above and beyond in delivering them information on it.
This book is written in a question-and-answer format, which makes it especially simple for the affiliate marketing beginner. I found myself nodding right along with the list of questions, presented in the table of contents—it's comforting to see the questions that you're asking yourself laid out for you. Now you know that you're not the only one wondering these things.
The outdoors is a great escape for most of us who are stuck in the urban lifestyle for most of our days. It is a means of relaxing and getting back to nature. And so you will find that people have an increasing interest in products relating to activities such as camping and hiking. Therefore, we thought it was important outdoor survival as one of the most profitable niches for affiliate marketing. As it's important to remember – if the interest is high – then the products will sell.
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for LIndex := form4.ComponentCount-1 downto 0 do
begin
  if (form4.Components[LIndex].ToString='TVertScrollBox') then
  begin
    //showmessage(form4.Components[LIndex].ToString);
    form4.Components[LIndex].Free;
  end;
end;

This code works good on Windows, but does not delete anything on Android.

A: The reason is because Delphi uses Automatic Reference Counting for Objects on mobile platforms (iOS and Android), but not on desktop platforms (Windows and OSX).  Your Free() is effectively a no-op, because accessing the component from the Components[] property will increment its reference count, and then the Free() will decrement it (in fact, the compiler should have issued a warning about the code having no effect).  The component still has active references to it (its Owner and Parent), so it is not actually freed.
If you want to force the component to be freed, you need to call DisposeOf() on it, eg:
for LIndex := form4.ComponentCount-1 downto 0 do
begin
  if form4.Components[LIndex] is TVertScrollBox then
  begin
    form4.Components[LIndex].DisposeOf;
  end;
end;

Alternatively, remove the active references and let ARC handle the destruction normally:
var
  VertScrollLink: TVertScrollBox;
  LIndex: Integer;
begin
  ...
  for LIndex := form4.ComponentCount-1 downto 0 do
  begin
    if form4.Components[LIndex] is TVertScrollBox then
    begin
      VertScrollLink := TVertScrollBox(form4.Components[LIndex]);
      VertScrollLink.Parent := nil;
      VertScrollLink.Owner.RemoveComponent(VertScrollLink);
      VertScrollLink := nil;
    end;
  end;
  ...
end;

That being said, you might consider keeping track of the component you create so you don't need to use a loop to find it later:
type
  TForm4 = class(TForm)
    procedure FormShow(Sender: TObject);
    ...
  private
    VertScrollLink: TVertScrollBox;
    ...
  end;

procedure TForm4.FormShow(Sender: TObject);
begin
  VertScrollLink := TVertScrollBox.Create(Self);
  VertScrollLink.Align := TAlignLayout.Client;
  VertScrollLink.Parent := Self;
end;

begin
  ...
  if Assigned(VertScrollLink) then
  begin
    VertScrollLink.DisposeOf;
    { or:
    VertScrollLink.Parent := nil;
    VertScrollLink.Owner.RemoveComponent(VertScrollLink);
    }
    VertScrollLink := nil;
  end;
  ...
end;

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Below are links to a new article. I would post it here, but it is 2 big.
Canuk started a separate thread on the recent Force Science Research study and posted the info from the Force Science Research Newsletter.
I 2 get the Newsletter and made a digest of the study which you may find easier to understand and read. A link to it is below.
A key finding of the study is that "those who win lethal assualts do so, in part, because they achieve target acquisition with their firearm in a way that is directly opposite of how most officers are trained."
The info goes on to explain that basically officers are trained to use their sights in the process of acquiring the target and shooting, while experienced police operators basically use Point Shooting which allows them to shoot more quickly and more accurately.
Below is a link to a digest that I made of Part 1 of the series. The full information will be added to the Force Science Research web site in the future.
-The Target practice: stationary, moving target, and shooter moving.
-The Force practice: airsoft, paintball, sims in 1-1, 2-1, 3-2 drills, etc.
-Sighting in just dissolves into the practice somewhere, and sights are not significant in CQB, nor are the exact details on grip, etc. Moving to cover, flanking, charging in, cover fire, etc are critical to surviving.
-Shooting more effectively means shooting the target before target shoots at you or hits you. This is a matter of rolling the dice and circumstance.
-You will get shot eventually if you are in enough street gunfights, so body armor, and emergency first aid and equipment nearby is critical to know and have.
-And, men were men back when they just carried a wheel gun (revolver). Proper respect to guys like Hock who did so by choice.
This is my response to a web ring of many of the famous and infamous gun instructors of the USA. One subject came up was...was there a clinical expert overseeing this Force Science study?....If not, is that acceptable?
This subject/debate is really about the transition from paper target shooting to interactive situational shooting. Simply training with simulated ammo in shoot-outs situations with actors solves a lot of these shooting problems. Almost makes them moot. The eye trains itself after interactive situational training. It creates a real world savvy that full-time, paper target shooters will never get. NEVER!
Where and how to look becomes a savvy for a vet? Then replicate that with simulated ammo and actors in situational training. Show the shooter how the common thug draws and shoots, on up to how a distracting "pro" draws and shoots. You won't need $150,000-plus worth of medical gear and film screens. Just shoot at each with sims. Its ugly. But it is the truth truth. And like in football. The same play doesn't always work.
"My basic objection to heavy sims training is based on what I observed in the martial arts; those who spent inordinate amounts of time on free-sparring, and not enough on keeping the basics, were a simple, if frustrating experience: That is, they were highly enthusiastic losers in free-sparring against disciplined, basics-trained opponents.
Almost regardless of style or mental approach, they were a flurry of sloppy, enthusiastic, techniques that were a hazard more from the volume than the skill level. Sims, unless very carefully directed, risks turning into a messy equivalent of lasertag, and risks building bad habits. To keep it on track requires oversight, supervision and work. Just letting students "figure it out with sims" is almost certain to lead to poor results.
"Would you have all martial people than pass on interactive sparring and just hit pads then? No, of course not. To advance, you recreate combat scenarios. Scenario training is training at the highest level. The key is to reduce the abstract. Range shooting is abstract.
Situational, interactive shooting lessons the abstract. Reduce the abstract. Make it as real as real can get.
You must do both. This the 15/45 minute split idea. After a person "qualifies with basics," then subsequently always do/review the live-fire, basics for 15 minutes and sims for 45 minutes. And no. You don't just let them figure it out for themselves.
It has to be organized and supervised with a good after action review. The more real the bullet, the more real it seems to get. But, it takes a whole other level of instructor skills. It's a way higher, more complicated level than paper target, range instruction.
Poor results in sims is the instructors fault for being inept, not the concept of sims shooting. Just like with kick-boxing.
I will use anything to pass on specific, critical, training point to students, even rubber band guns if I have too. It's an interactive tool. And I have been doing so since 1995. At first, I was ridiculed for "playing with toys." But, attendees fight over the gun standing and on the ground and better understand lines of fire and reality. Now when I teach officers, I may sell up to 50 rubber band guns each session. The new breed "gets it." They get the idea. The idea is, "you are not really learning how to gunfight unless someone is shooting back at you."
Something we all already, deep down, know anyway.
And worse. Sparring is not much like a real street fight either! The basics for one might not fight the basics for another. The definition of sloppy and proper is very subjective to the goal or mission. As I have taught this simulated ammo training since 1995 and with thousands of new and vet students with everything from rubber band guns to the actual, painful Sims, I am really seeing a need to reverse-engineer the definition of "gun-shooting basics," in some cases. Making the basics better fit the situation from the very start. Reality is, or should be the starting point.
But this is like...another discussion a bit off the original subject.
extremly good points Hock! sims training isn't random play, it needs to be designed with intent be well thought out and controlled. Almost like chaos we rules and comes down to the instuctor. Wher ehave the skills gone that we learnt as kids? I mean we alll played sports and we didnt just practice slapping the puck or running holding onto a ball, we actually played games in training in the hopes we did better on the ice or the field. I also remeber playing "war" using sling shots and later bb guns. This taught you the difference between cover and concleament and what it was like to be shot at and at 10 years it was as real as it could get!
A major new study by the Force Science Research Center for the first time has identified exactly how the "gaze patterns" of officers who are likely to win gunfights differ from those who are likely to lose them. Winners, it is revealed, tend to anticipate an emerging threat sooner, shoot to stop it faster and more accurately, and make fewer errors in judgment because of the unique way in which they watch a potential attacker's body as a deadly confrontation unfolds.
Those who win lethal assaults do so, in part, because they achieve target acquisition with their firearm in a way that is directly opposite of how most officers are trained.
"This unique study shows that winning a gunfight involves more than just issues of action and reaction times," FSRC's executive director Dr. Bill Lewinski told Force Science News."


When I first started writing this blog, I described my bourgeoning faith as a tiny sprout and I could not yet determine if it was a plant that should be tended or a weed that should be killed.
But now I have let the thing grow so much that its tendrils have spread to every section of my garden. It is choking out the other plants. It has infected my every thought and action. Proponents of faith assure me that this is exactly how it is supposed to be. That this is a giant tree of which everything else stems out of. It has to take over everything.
I believe in God. Looking back now, it seems clear that I always believed in God, even as I so adamantly claimed Atheism. God has in fact been the central component of everything about my life. There is nothing that I think about that does not in some way go through the filter of God. I am starting to believe that this is the worst thing about me.
Even now, I want to defend God. I want to say that it could just be me and my ever-changing, but still constantly wrong, view of and relationship to the divine that is causing me trouble. I get this idea from the church and my loving Christian friends who confidently assure me that I am always the problem. I do not believe enough. I have not surrendered enough. I am thinking too much. God doesn't work like that. You are not supposed to understand.
The one thing that I have been told about God since I was a baby is that God loves me and wants to take care of me. That God has a plan. God will not give me more than I can handle. That all things work together for good to them that love God and are called according to his purposes.
And if I squint and turn my head just the right way, I can still see evidence of this. I used to say that I may be poor and lost but I know God is watching me because I have never gone hungry. Now I say that I have never gone hungry for more than a day or two. A week tops.
God provides. Unless he has some reason not to. And it's not for you to know whether the pangs in your stomach are part of a lesson, some greater miracle, or a result of your own sin.
His eye is on the sparrow, but I sure do see a lot of dead birds on the street. I am not filled with comfort at the thought.
God has made me a fatalist. I feel I have no control, no say at all in what happens.
I have been told to delight myself in the Lord and I will be given the desires of my heart. But then I have also been told that the heart is deceitful above all things and so maybe some of my heart's desires are the wrong desires and God is too good of a father to give them to me.
It makes me doubt what I want. It makes me uncertain of everything. It paralyzes me into inaction. After all, why should I settle for what I want when what God wants has to be the better thing?
I trusted God for a wife, but am now quickly approaching 40 and am still alone. I trusted God for a career, but have never managed to make much more than minimum wage at jobs where it was clear that I was disposable. I trusted God to heal my body, but have watched it deteriorate into constant chronic pain. I trusted God for a vibrant, full life of joy and pleasure, but have spent my adulthood so mired in depression and anxiety that I have counted myself lucky at times to even get out of bed.
I trusted God enough to leave everything behind this year to find him, but now in less than 15 days I will be in a strange city with no place to stay, nowhere to go, and no means to get anywhere else. I have reached the end of the road. Or at least the end of my believing that this road leads anywhere.
I know I will somehow be fine. Not because of God, per se, but because I have loving and generous friends.
My few meals this week were not provided by Jehovah but by Amy, Danielle, James, Deborah, and Alessandra (thank you, by the way). And sure, we can thank God for such provisions. I know I did. I have thanked God a lot lately for the loving actions of Atheists. But I am just no longer sure God deserves the credit. Besides, barely keeping me alive seems a long way from the full life of abundance that was promised.
My perspective is skewed by stressful circumstance. My life is in fact abundantly rich and full of loving people and beautiful experiences. I have stood in awe at the most beautiful places in this country. I have been given access to art and music and so many other things that many people will never get to know. I have been blessed in ways I can't describe. I don't mean to sound ungrateful. Even now as I am sick, with less than nothing in the bank, I am still brimming over with gratitude for everything. I am grateful for nature and sunshine and love and yes, I am grateful to the God that may or may not have made all of it.
But right now, I am wishing I had put down the Bible and picked up a vocation. I want to tell my Christian friends that no, my problem was that I actually surrendered too much, believed too much, trusted too much and now I am paying the price. I chose meaning over money and have been left with neither.
I can't help but feel that I should not have trusted in the Lord, but instead leaned on my own understanding. I should have made straight my own path. I should have learned the lesson long ago that there is no one coming to save me. That wherever God is, I am on my own. There is only one set of footprints in the sand. And if God is carrying me, then I shouldn't feel so damn tired.
And I will feel the fool then. I will weep and repent for doubting. Lord help my unbelief! Even now, I repent in anticipation.
Because I do believe in God. I can't help myself. I can't convince myself otherwise. I believe there is something that transcends my experience, that matters more than my physical and emotional needs. I believe there is a way to become connected to this source. I believe there is transformation there, freedom there, a more pure and joyous way of being. Maybe it is only at the end of the road that I can find it.
Or maybe I am just a fool. An idealistic dreamer of no practical use. I suppose only time will tell. But even then, it still won't tell for certain.


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Arsenal, Leeds, Fulham & Celtic chase England goalkeeper, Everton to raid Watford for midfield powerhouse
Transfer news and rumours from the Premier League
Goalkeeper Freddie Woodman looks to catch the ball during the Newcastle United Training session at Carton House on July 17, 2017, in Maynooth, Ireland. (Photo by Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images)
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Arsenal face competition from ambitious Championship high-fliers Leeds United and Scottish champions Celtic for the signing of Newcastle United goalkeeper Freddie Woodman.
According to The Mirror, the frustrated England Under-21 keeper is searching for first team action and looks set to quit St James Park, where first team opportunities have been limited.
Woodman, son of former Exeter City goalkeeper Andy, is in talks over a new deal with the Magpies, but has refused to sign a new deal due to his lack of opportunities.
Leeds are keen to take him on loan in January, but the report claims that Arsenal, Fulham and Celtic have also watched in-demand Woodman.
Woodman's contract expires in 2020, and he is desperate to get more first team experience after loan moves to Crawley, Kilmarnock, and at Aberdeen last season.
He admits: "I want to get the best out of a bad situation. January is around the corner and I have to be prepared for it when it comes.
"I've always said I enjoy playing football so whatever level it is, I am going to enjoy it."
Manchester United target £20m Diego Godin transfer, Arsenal want Polish wonderkid but so do Barcelona
Everton boss Marco Silva is keen to raid his old club and sign Hornets midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure.
The midfielder signed a five year contract at the start of the season, but the Daily Mirror suggest that the Frenchman is one of a number of central midfielders that Silva is keeping an eye on.
The Goodison top brass are ready to back their manager in the market to build a squad capable of pushing for a top four place in the future. But a deal could be difficult because of the resentment surrounding Silva's bitter departure from Vicarage Road before eventually landing the Everton job last summer.
Julian Draxler of Paris Saint-Germain in action during the Group C match of the UEFA Champions League between SSC Napoli and Paris Saint-Germain at Stadio San Paolo on November 6, 2018 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
Liverpool are being linked with a move for Paris St Germain's German star Julian Draxler, who was named on the bench for the Champions League clash between the two clubs on Wednesday.
The French side were 2-1 winners in Paris which leaves Liverpool's qualification hopes in the balance and they did so without the talented Draxler, who is keen on a move away from the Ligue 1 champions.
The 25-year-old Germany international joined the French giants from Wolfsburg in January 2017, but he has played second fiddle to the likes of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Angel Di Maria, making just eight appearances this season.
However, reports claim he could provide perfect competition for the likes of Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah at Anfield.
Talk Sport , meanwhile, claim the French club used Wednesday's clash as an opportunity to open talks with Liverpool over their former Monaco midfielder Fabinho.
Real Madrid offer £40m for Spurs midfielder Christian Eriksen, Manchester City to bid for Isco
Liverpool are leading the chase to sign Real Sociedad defender Diego Llorente, according to reports .
The 25-year-old former Real Madrid man has made five appearances for the Basque club this season, and is comfortable in either a centre-back or defensive midfield role.
Llorente, who would command a fee of around £26.7 million, spent 10 years in the Real academy before gaining valuable first team experience through loan spells at Rayo Vallecano and Malaga. He sealed a permanent switch to Sociedad in 2017.
Twice capped by Spain, the defender has attracted interest from a wide range of clubs, but according to Mundo Deportivo , it is Liverpool who are in pole position to sign him.
Other interested parties reportedly include London trio Tottenham, Fulham and West Ham United, but Anfield is the place Llorente would prefer to move to.
Arsenal want £15m Manchester United midfielder and £6m Turkish wonderkid, Spurs must break record for Brazil ace Allan
Premier League giants Manchester United and Liverpool are waiting on a decision from target Jean-Clair Todibo, who will decide on his future in the next 10 days, according to TuttoSport .
The 18-year-old Toulouse starlet has reportedly decided he is ready for a new challenge with top clubs across Europe keen to bring in the defensive midfielder.
United and Liverpool are reportedly considering a move, but Serie A giants Juventus and Napoli are the frontrunners for his signature.
Todibo has barely featured for Toulouse this season due to the fact he has declined the club;s offer of a new contract.
Co-director general Jean-Francois Soucasse justified the decision by saying: "[Head coach Alain] Casanova needs players totally invested and involved in the challenge for future matches.
Another Toulouse youngster attracting plenty of interest is 17-year-old striker Adil Taoui.
According to reports , Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City are both keen on a player who has a release clause of around £4.5 million.
Arsenal line up shock £15m bid for Championship star; Leeds United prepare double January swoop
Alexis Sanchez's Manchester United future looks to be over following his Champions League snub and he is determined to end his Old Trafford nightmare in January.
That is according to the Mirror who claim the relationship between the Chilean flop and manager Jose Mourinho is at breaking point after he was left out of the matchday squad completely for Tuesday's Champions League clash with Young Boys of Berne.
Sanchez's huge £5000,000-a-week wages are sure to be a stumbling block, though, with few clubs capable of paying such crazy sums of money for a player that has hardly set the Premier League alight since leaving Arsenal for Old Trafford less than a year ago.
However, the report claims that Sanchez has told pals he wants to leave Manchester and has set his heart on a move to star-studded French champions Paris Saint-Germain.
Arsenal to bid £27m for Nicolas Pepe and consider swoop for Borussia Dortmund's Julian Weigl
The Mirror also claim that United are back in for Inter Milan's Croatian star Ivan Perisic, who says he is open to the idea of moving to the Premier League.
Starsport understands Jose Mourinho is still eager to bring the 29-year-old to Old Trafford and in a recent interview, Perisic said: "I have always said that [playing in the Premier League] is my dream.
"In football everything is possible, we will see in the future. Now, I'm focusing on Inter."
Meanwhile, iNews suggest the Red Devils are resigned to losing David de Gea to Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid shot-stopper Jan Oblak has emerged as a serious target.
Chelsea and Liverpool were eyeing Oblak in the summer, before signing Kepa Arrizabalaga and Alisson respectively, and United are now monitoring the Slovenia international.
The future of David de Gea is very much up in the air right now as he has so far shown a reluctance to commit to United due to their poor form.
Arsenal boss Unai Emery to sign Liverpool's Alberto Moreno, Klopp to bid £100m for Ousmane Dembele
Juventus and Inter are keeping tabs on Tottenham Hotspur's Moussa Dembele whose contract is up at the end of the season, according to Calciomercato.
The Belgian will be free to agree a deal with an overseas club if no new deal is settled with Spurs before January, and Serie A could provide a way out of White Hart Lane.
Reports in France say Manchester City and Tottenham will fight it out for 17-year-old Toulouse striker Adil Taoui in January.
FootMercato say the two clubs have been monitoring the teenage forward and are keen to pull the trigger on a move worth around £4 million.
Arsenal eye £13.5m French winger, Chelsea plan HUGE £200m spend before transfer ban kicks in
Aston Villa and Derby County have been linked with moving for Ashley Cole following his departure from LA Galaxy, according to Talk Sport .
Cole, the former England defender, rejected a £5,000-a-week contract extension with the MLS club and is weighing up his next move.
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Seasons's length in Russia may change
This is due to global warming. And this will happen, according to experts, most likely in the coming years.
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Natural changes will lead to the fact that the winter will become shorter and the spring – longer.
So, in Moscow, the date of the transition of the average daily temperature to negative indicators has shifted by 7-10 days, and spring, on the contrary, comes 5-7 days earlier than in the middle of the last century.
Meteorologists note that the global warming rate is currently particularly high. The reason for this is the anthropogenic factor.
"In January, temperatures have risen by two degrees over the past 30 years. This is an incredible warming, colossal, which has never happened before in history", – emphasized the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand.
The Norilsk people have already felt the movement of the seasons this spring, when it came earlier than usual. Summer also unexpectedly followed after that, and in May the temperature in the city was above 10 degrees. A little later, the Norilsk people were pleasantly surprised by the ice drift, which also went ahead of the traditional time. But the real Siberian frosts came only in December.
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