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Campus Safety: Your Most Powerful Weapon

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Among all other indicators, trust yourself and your intuition.

Intuition is the most valuable weapon or tool you possess.  Ignore it at your peril.

‘Intuition’ is derived from the Latin word ‘intueri’ which roughly translated means ‘to look inside’ or ‘to contemplate.’

Basically, your Intuition provides you with beliefs or feelings that you can’t quite justify or explain, you just ‘know’ something.

It’s when you get a ‘bad vibe’ or ‘gut feeling’ about something. You’re not sure, you can’t articulate why you feel a ...

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Personal Information Protection News 9 July 2010

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Protecting your personal information from identity theft has never been harder… and more important. Everyday brings; news of new laws invading your privacy, new capabilities to ‘spy’ on you, and reports of information being stolen or compromised in one way or another.

What to do? Just like self defense, protecting your personal information requires vigilance. It requires you remain or become an informed consumer. You might think things ‘should’ be different, but they’re not.

Identity theft is the consequence of poor personal ...

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Bullying Perspectives 8 July 2010

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Bullying is the act of using physical or emotional power to harm or intimidate others. Bullying is in the news a lot lately as legislators and well-intentioned parents push for more anti-bullying legislation.

Whether you find this approach productive or futile, you can benefit by understanding different perspectives on this sensitive issue.

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Online Bullying: The Side of It You Don’t Know

A study from Finland’s Turku University finds that cyber bullies experience many of the same symptoms — emotional distress, trouble ...

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Executive Protection Update 7 July 2010

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Executive Protection refers to the security measures taken to ensure the safety of individuals who may face higher risk due to; high-value executive position, celebrity status, wealth or geographic location.

Here’s some headlines regarding Executive Protection…
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International Executive Protection Conference 2010 | Bodyguard

Sponsored by ESI Alumni Association Las Vegas, Nevada August 6-8, 2010 It’s going to be another great conference! The Association Board of Directors has.

Publish Date: 06/23/2010 23:51

http://www.bodyguardcareers.com/2010/06/24/international-executive-protection-conference-2010/

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Choosing an Executive Protection Provider

Making the choice to ...

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Executive Protection: Conduct Advance Reconnaissance

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Whether protecting yourself or hired to protect executives, it’s important to conduct advance Reconnaissance of your destination. It doesn’t matter whether you’re traveling internationally, or staying in your home country.

While in Special Forces, a vital step in our planning process involved conducting a Reconnaissance of an area or target.

Having been one of the operatives who conducted these ‘Recon’s’, I can tell you first hand of their importance. We’d collect information on the topography, enemy strength (and weakness). We’d survey bridges ...

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Self Defense Headlines 6July2010

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readergirlz: Self Defense for readergirlz

Part of what we do at Seven Star is practice self-defense. The hardest part for me is using my voice. I don’t like to be loud! But that’s why I need to practice. If I’m ever in a situation where I need to use these skills, I’m very glad …

Publish Date: 07/06/2010 13:02

http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/2010/07/self-defense-for-readergirlz.html

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Why Self Defense For Ladies | Learn How To Control Jealousy

Crime against women is not new to all of us. ...

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Clery Act Updates 5 July 2010

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The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is better known as the “Clery Act.” The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities, that receive federal financial aid programs, to record and disclose information about crime on and near the institutions respective campus.

Here are some recent headlines concerning the Clery Act:

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11 more Clery Act violations discovered in campus crime log | The

By PATRICK ARMSTRONG Editor in Chief Since The All State discovered ...

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Stay Safer On Campus Practicing This

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You can stay safer on campus by keeping a careful watch for possible dangerous or difficult situations. This behavior further reduces the likelihood of attack.

While on missions in Special Forces, I was taught to “remain vigilant.”

A quote was passed from unit to unit;

“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.”

This constant, heightened sense of security existed because we were in a hostile environment.

But life on a college campus is different.

You’re rarely in a known hostile environment.

In ...

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Self Defense Updates July 2

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Self Defense takes many forms. The most important question to ask yourself is; “do I want to survive?”

How I Survived a Home Invasion | Bastiat Institute

A podcast with Russ Baker. Lew and investigative reporter Russ Baker discuss the permanent but invisible government: the merchants of death, the bankster-state alliance, rotten American exceptionalism, and the Bush Family as rich and …

Publish Date: 07/01/2010 19:23

http://www.bastiatinstitute.org/2010/07/01/how-i-survived-a-home-invasion/

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Of course, self defense training is a great way to get into and stay ...

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Executive Protection: Strategies On The Road

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If you’re an executive looking to maximize your protection and stay safe on the road, understand that it’s less about James Bond and more about the lottery.

Unless ‘they’ already have a dossier on you and are planning an ambush, you are more likely to be targeted for an opportunistic crime.
This means you “look valuable” and become a target based on your expensive clothes, jewelry and perceived importance. While flattering, this is not a James Bond movie, this is real ...

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