Readers;

Good news out west as we got permission to open our new training facility in San Diego, California. Providing our law enforcement and military professionals with more training facilities to use in the United States is a definite win in support of the Global War on Terror.

I continue to provide you with articles covering U.S. border control issues because you ask for it and we believe it's important to let people know about the deteriorating security situation on our southern border. Lots of news this week from Mexico.

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Judge orders San Diego to allow Blackwater training site to open
June 4, 2008
SignonSanDiego.com
By Tanya Mannes

A win for the home team, as Blackwater is allowed to open its new west coast training facility and begin training sailors to fight the GWOT.

OTAY MESA - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Blackwater Worldwide may open its Navy training center in Otay Mesa immediately, despite Mayor Jerry Sanders' attempt to first require public hearings on the controversial project.

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A useful overview of trends in eyewear.

While the high death toll from roadside bombs in Iraq is well known, fragmentation explosions and blast effects are taking their toll among severe casualties. Frequent occurrences are eye injuries. According to Army medical records, 16% of the medical evacuations from combat zones since March 2003 have included serious eye injuries - compared to 9% in Vietnam and the 1990- 91 Gulf War. Yet, many of such eye injuries could be avoided with proper use of protective eyewear.

Great story about a proactive community looking after its citizens by doing a little emergency preparedness.

Senior citizens are responding in greater numbers than families to a local law enforcement and fire-rescue initiative to get people to carry medical information cards and emergency contact phone numbers, coordinators said.

The intent of the program called "in case of emergency," or ICE, is for people to keep pertinent medical information and phone numbers for family members on them at all times so that police officers and paramedics can be more effective at helping the ill and victims of car crashes and violent crimes.

Is this the future of secure daycare?

Just a normal, stressful morning, getting your wee ones ready for the day ahead. Has Taynor remembered his lute? Does Duchy have her ballet shoes? Everything in order? Great, just enough time to drive them to the nursery, pass through the fingerprint scanner, and kiss them goodb-

Hang about, fingerprint scanner?

Another article that details the danger of phishing and not safeguarding your private information online.

Police in the US and Romania have arrested 38 people accused of running one of the most sophisticated international phishing operations ever uncovered.

Tactical Equipment Evaluation

I've been a TASER instructor for a few years now and I never could figure out why every holster I had seen for the TASERs - the M26 or the X26 - seemed designed specifically to make it difficult to get the TASER out for use. Naturally, one of the first things I did was call BlackHawk and ask when they'd have a SERPA holster available for the X26. "It's in the works," I was told. Well, it's not in the works anymore. I got my test sample a couple weeks ago and it wasn't quite what I expected. It performed exactly as I'd hoped, but looked different. I guess that's why I don't design things.

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Recreational Equipment Review

When I was in high school and The Dukes of Hazzard was all the rage, nearly every kid I knew wanted a "Buck knife" like Bo Duke's. I know I did. So when I was 18 I went out and bought one and still have it. A while later I found the same model but with plastic grips which made it lighter and easier to carry and it became one of my favorites. Of course, through the years Buck has continued to design and manufacture new knives. I recently realized that I have a pair of Buck Knives that often accompany me on my outdoor treks. Let me tell you a bit about them.

Many people have sayings that convey a lot of truth when you understand what is said and why. For example, "The older you get, the faster it (time) goes!"

When I was a young person I could not understand that saying. It just did not fit and it did not compute for me... Now I can say with clarity of understanding that not only do I understand it, I have experienced it, I believe it and I expound it!!!

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An article recommended by a reader to provide some diversity to your workouts.

Tired of doing the same exercises, sets, and reps workout after workout? Wondering why they aren't helping you achieve your goals? If you answer yes to either question, this article is for you...

From the same source as above; a look at supplements to help build muscle.

Manufacturers of liquid creatine supplements tout their product to be superior to powdered creatine monohydrate. They claim your muscles are able to store more creatine when it is taken in liquid form, which enables you to become even bigger, faster, and stronger than if you use powdered creatine monohydrate. Unfortunately, research finds these claims to not be true.

Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.

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