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		<title>By: Lynnet</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lynnet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We actually had our teenagers take a self-defense class taught by police officers just last week.  They were both VERY excited about what they learned and practiced.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We actually had our teenagers take a self-defense class taught by police officers just last week.  They were both VERY excited about what they learned and practiced.<br />
.-= Lynnet´s last blog ..<a href="http://aspiringmom2three.blogspot.com/2010/03/feed-me-books-friday.html" rel="nofollow">Feed Me Books Friday</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Lynnet</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lynnet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We have a full plate glass door besides our regular front door.  Thankfully our front door has one way glass and the can&#039;t see us even if we&#039;re standing there looking at them.  I also make sure our German Shepard is at the door with me.  She tends to not like strangers and looks mean, even though she&#039;s a pussy cat! Thanks for your story and hints.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have a full plate glass door besides our regular front door.  Thankfully our front door has one way glass and the can&#8217;t see us even if we&#8217;re standing there looking at them.  I also make sure our German Shepard is at the door with me.  She tends to not like strangers and looks mean, even though she&#8217;s a pussy cat! Thanks for your story and hints.<br />
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		<title>By: Lindsey Swinborne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lindsey Swinborne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for this excellent post.  In our small town, I really wouldn&#039;t have hesitated to open the door to see what the man wanted but I would never let a strange person in my home, especially a male.    I have been put in positions where I have had to take a ride with a stranger, and thank the Lord He protected me from any harm.  One horrible day when I was living in MN, a creepy guy, known for making sexually harrassing comments to everyone, came into the laundry room where I was doing laundry and closed the door.  He was a good 6 feet 5 inches and 300 pounds of intimidating.  I seriously thought that I was going to be raped or beaten or both.  No one ever closes the laundry room doors and there are no other windows or doors and it is a noisy place where no one could hear you scream.   He stood in front of the door for a few seconds and I hurriedly threw my laundry in, trying to keep my cool, and when he moved to start his laundry, I beelined for the door and ran all the way back to my apartment.  I couldn&#039;t believe how close I had come.  I cried and shook for an hour or more after that.  This guy had always been asking where I lived whenever he saw me and had a habit of staring at young women in our apartment building.  I always avoided his questions or tried to mislead him about which floor I lived on (taking different sets of stairs, etc.)  I was so thankful when his girlfriend moved out of our building and he no longer came around.  
That episode made me extra cautious, even though I was careful before.  After this happened I began doing laundry only when my hubby was home and would promise to check on me if I didn&#039;t return in 5 minutes and carried my phone with me to the laundry room.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for this excellent post.  In our small town, I really wouldn&#8217;t have hesitated to open the door to see what the man wanted but I would never let a strange person in my home, especially a male.    I have been put in positions where I have had to take a ride with a stranger, and thank the Lord He protected me from any harm.  One horrible day when I was living in MN, a creepy guy, known for making sexually harrassing comments to everyone, came into the laundry room where I was doing laundry and closed the door.  He was a good 6 feet 5 inches and 300 pounds of intimidating.  I seriously thought that I was going to be raped or beaten or both.  No one ever closes the laundry room doors and there are no other windows or doors and it is a noisy place where no one could hear you scream.   He stood in front of the door for a few seconds and I hurriedly threw my laundry in, trying to keep my cool, and when he moved to start his laundry, I beelined for the door and ran all the way back to my apartment.  I couldn&#8217;t believe how close I had come.  I cried and shook for an hour or more after that.  This guy had always been asking where I lived whenever he saw me and had a habit of staring at young women in our apartment building.  I always avoided his questions or tried to mislead him about which floor I lived on (taking different sets of stairs, etc.)  I was so thankful when his girlfriend moved out of our building and he no longer came around.<br />
That episode made me extra cautious, even though I was careful before.  After this happened I began doing laundry only when my hubby was home and would promise to check on me if I didn&#8217;t return in 5 minutes and carried my phone with me to the laundry room.</p>
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		<title>By: Chef Juls</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chef Juls</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with your hubby. My son just witness a neighbor lady being killed on her patio for opening the door to an ex that had been stalking her.Her 8 yr old son told her to not open the door and she told him she couldn&#039;t be rude. It&#039;s not just strangers anymore you need to be careful with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with your hubby. My son just witness a neighbor lady being killed on her patio for opening the door to an ex that had been stalking her.Her 8 yr old son told her to not open the door and she told him she couldn&#8217;t be rude. It&#8217;s not just strangers anymore you need to be careful with.</p>
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		<title>By: Rainey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rainey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow great post, sometimes as women we just take the world for granted thinking that everyone is as nice as we are.  I lived in a rough neighborhood for a long time and always am aware of things around me and my boyfriend always gives me crap and says I don&#039;t trust people. I don&#039;t answer the door ever unless I know who it is. be aware of where you are and what kind of place it looks like.  Don&#039;t be caught in a rough part of town at night.  always look around and be ready for anything cuz things happen quickly as I have learned all to often with men, some are crazy and will do anything to just get to you.   Even in your car driving be on the lookout of someone following for too long, that has happened a number of times to me.  I must be a magnet for the crazies but DON&#039;T DRIVE HOME.  drive to a police station or a very public place.  Thankfully nothing  bad has happened for awhile, last time it was a guy that followed me to my work parking lot and pulled up and started to ask me questions I tried to walk away and he started calling me back, I went back thinking he worked with us and he pulled out is junk and started messing around with it.  I just laughed at him and went in not showing him how freaked out I was.  I told my boss and the security looked for him but no luck, a couple days later he found me again thankfully a salesman at my work saved me from God knows what.  So anyway thats one story unfortunately I have lots more.  So be careful out there
.-= Rainey´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Socalmoneysavindiva/~3/ZYCoN49lurc/my-crazy-night-last-night.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;My crazy night last night&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow great post, sometimes as women we just take the world for granted thinking that everyone is as nice as we are.  I lived in a rough neighborhood for a long time and always am aware of things around me and my boyfriend always gives me crap and says I don&#8217;t trust people. I don&#8217;t answer the door ever unless I know who it is. be aware of where you are and what kind of place it looks like.  Don&#8217;t be caught in a rough part of town at night.  always look around and be ready for anything cuz things happen quickly as I have learned all to often with men, some are crazy and will do anything to just get to you.   Even in your car driving be on the lookout of someone following for too long, that has happened a number of times to me.  I must be a magnet for the crazies but DON&#8217;T DRIVE HOME.  drive to a police station or a very public place.  Thankfully nothing  bad has happened for awhile, last time it was a guy that followed me to my work parking lot and pulled up and started to ask me questions I tried to walk away and he started calling me back, I went back thinking he worked with us and he pulled out is junk and started messing around with it.  I just laughed at him and went in not showing him how freaked out I was.  I told my boss and the security looked for him but no luck, a couple days later he found me again thankfully a salesman at my work saved me from God knows what.  So anyway thats one story unfortunately I have lots more.  So be careful out there<br />
.-= Rainey´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Socalmoneysavindiva/~3/ZYCoN49lurc/my-crazy-night-last-night.html" rel="nofollow">My crazy night last night</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Maria</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Forgot to add:
http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/16/rape-spam/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Forgot to add:<br />
<a href="http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/16/rape-spam/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/16/rape-spam/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Maria</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Doesn&#039;t it seem ridiculous when the genders are switched?
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BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING HOOFED IN THE DUDELY JUNK. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.

1.Don’t leave the house alone after dark. Ever. You’re asking for it.

2.If you MUST leave the house after dark, go out with a buddy or in a group. That way if you get attacked by a junk-hoofer, there is a chance she might go after someone else’s junk, not yours.

3.Don’t wear anything provocative like jogging shorts or soft pants. Keep a jockstrap on at all times.

4.Walk confidently, stay in well-lit and well-populated areas, be aware of your surroundings, and make eye contact with any females you pass to let them know you’ve seen them. Junk-hoofers tend to target dudes who are isolated and who look weak, confused, or lost.

5.Call a dude friend or your parents and let them know where you’ll be and for how long. That way, if you don’t contact them again within the arranged time frame, they can assume you might have been hoofed in the junk and could very well be lying on a sidewalk somewhere with your testicles up in your abdomen.

6.YOU are responsible for your own safety. Call your local police department or junk-hoofing crisis center and set up a schedule for a Law Enforcement Officer to speak to your employees or neighbors.

7.Hold your murse close, not dangling, and keep it in front of your junk.

8.Keep car doors locked at all times. While walking to your car, look under car. Before entering your car,look into the back seat and on floor board: females are often smaller in stature and can hide easily in any of these places waiting to hoof you in the junk. Always have your keys ready to unlock the car door and enter without delay. Never walk across the parking lot digging in your murse for your keys; have them in your hand before leaving the building.

9.When you return home, have your door key ready so that you can enter without delay.

10.Flee if you are in a potential junk-hoofing situation. Yell or scream to attract attention. Carry a whistle that will make a loud noise.

11.Engage in passive or active resistance. Passive resistance is to think and talk your way out of a situation. Active resistance is to react immediately to startle the junk-hoofer. Use any available item (AXE BODY SPRAY, KEYS, MURSE) as a weapon.

12. You are most likely to be hoofed in the junk by an intimate partner. Contact your local hoofed in the junk shelter to make a plan for leaving. Be sure not to leave evidence of contact with the hoofed in the junk shelter on your phone or computer. Gather important documents in a hiding place and absolutely do not let your hoof junker discover your plans. Go to your local hoofed in the junk shelter. Gather evidence for a protective order against your junk hoofer. You will need photographic evidence of your testicles in your abdomen (which a female judge will view) and testimony from other witnesses (preferably females with whom you have no personal relationship) to obtain an protective order. With a protective order, the police may arrest your hoof junker when she shows up to hoof you in the junk again. You must wait for your hoof junker to try to hoof junk you before she can be arrested.

IF YOU ARE HOOFED IN THE JUNK:

The Sheriff’s Department can only arrest a junk-hoofer if they are made aware of the offense. If you are hoofed in the junk, call 911 or the Police or Sheriff’s Department IMMEDIATELY.

DON’T CHANGE CLOTHES OR TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER and do NOT EAT or SMOKE or CHEW GUM. All physical evidence, including shoe imprint, hair, blood types, and scrapings of shoe materials from the victim’s groin area are used in court. Avoid using the bathroom prior to the exam if possible. Be sure to fill out a junk-hoofing kit, which you can be sure will sit in the police office for years unentered into the police database since they are so backed up with the amount of junk-hoofings that occur every year.

Finally, remember this to practice being observant so that, if your junk is hoofed, you will be able to remember and identify the assailant. You may follow the advice and safety tips recommended and still find yourself confronted by a hoofer. If it happens, you will have only seconds to decide your method of defense, so you must prepare mentally for the possibility of a junk-hoofing happening to you.

Addendum from Mearl: Please don’t be so silly as to expect that junk-hoofing will ever get listed as a “hate crime” despite the fact that statistics show 1 in 4 men will be hoofed at some time in his life. The prevalence of false junk-hoofing accusations and overwhelming evidence that the accuser actually wanted to be hoofed, or is just trying to exploit the more economically advantaged accused, results in more than 80% of hoofing cases to be abandoned before even reaching court. It’s just the way things go, boys. Suck it up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doesn&#8217;t it seem ridiculous when the genders are switched?<br />
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<p>BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING HOOFED IN THE DUDELY JUNK. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.</p>
<p>1.Don’t leave the house alone after dark. Ever. You’re asking for it.</p>
<p>2.If you MUST leave the house after dark, go out with a buddy or in a group. That way if you get attacked by a junk-hoofer, there is a chance she might go after someone else’s junk, not yours.</p>
<p>3.Don’t wear anything provocative like jogging shorts or soft pants. Keep a jockstrap on at all times.</p>
<p>4.Walk confidently, stay in well-lit and well-populated areas, be aware of your surroundings, and make eye contact with any females you pass to let them know you’ve seen them. Junk-hoofers tend to target dudes who are isolated and who look weak, confused, or lost.</p>
<p>5.Call a dude friend or your parents and let them know where you’ll be and for how long. That way, if you don’t contact them again within the arranged time frame, they can assume you might have been hoofed in the junk and could very well be lying on a sidewalk somewhere with your testicles up in your abdomen.</p>
<p>6.YOU are responsible for your own safety. Call your local police department or junk-hoofing crisis center and set up a schedule for a Law Enforcement Officer to speak to your employees or neighbors.</p>
<p>7.Hold your murse close, not dangling, and keep it in front of your junk.</p>
<p>8.Keep car doors locked at all times. While walking to your car, look under car. Before entering your car,look into the back seat and on floor board: females are often smaller in stature and can hide easily in any of these places waiting to hoof you in the junk. Always have your keys ready to unlock the car door and enter without delay. Never walk across the parking lot digging in your murse for your keys; have them in your hand before leaving the building.</p>
<p>9.When you return home, have your door key ready so that you can enter without delay.</p>
<p>10.Flee if you are in a potential junk-hoofing situation. Yell or scream to attract attention. Carry a whistle that will make a loud noise.</p>
<p>11.Engage in passive or active resistance. Passive resistance is to think and talk your way out of a situation. Active resistance is to react immediately to startle the junk-hoofer. Use any available item (AXE BODY SPRAY, KEYS, MURSE) as a weapon.</p>
<p>12. You are most likely to be hoofed in the junk by an intimate partner. Contact your local hoofed in the junk shelter to make a plan for leaving. Be sure not to leave evidence of contact with the hoofed in the junk shelter on your phone or computer. Gather important documents in a hiding place and absolutely do not let your hoof junker discover your plans. Go to your local hoofed in the junk shelter. Gather evidence for a protective order against your junk hoofer. You will need photographic evidence of your testicles in your abdomen (which a female judge will view) and testimony from other witnesses (preferably females with whom you have no personal relationship) to obtain an protective order. With a protective order, the police may arrest your hoof junker when she shows up to hoof you in the junk again. You must wait for your hoof junker to try to hoof junk you before she can be arrested.</p>
<p>IF YOU ARE HOOFED IN THE JUNK:</p>
<p>The Sheriff’s Department can only arrest a junk-hoofer if they are made aware of the offense. If you are hoofed in the junk, call 911 or the Police or Sheriff’s Department IMMEDIATELY.</p>
<p>DON’T CHANGE CLOTHES OR TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER and do NOT EAT or SMOKE or CHEW GUM. All physical evidence, including shoe imprint, hair, blood types, and scrapings of shoe materials from the victim’s groin area are used in court. Avoid using the bathroom prior to the exam if possible. Be sure to fill out a junk-hoofing kit, which you can be sure will sit in the police office for years unentered into the police database since they are so backed up with the amount of junk-hoofings that occur every year.</p>
<p>Finally, remember this to practice being observant so that, if your junk is hoofed, you will be able to remember and identify the assailant. You may follow the advice and safety tips recommended and still find yourself confronted by a hoofer. If it happens, you will have only seconds to decide your method of defense, so you must prepare mentally for the possibility of a junk-hoofing happening to you.</p>
<p>Addendum from Mearl: Please don’t be so silly as to expect that junk-hoofing will ever get listed as a “hate crime” despite the fact that statistics show 1 in 4 men will be hoofed at some time in his life. The prevalence of false junk-hoofing accusations and overwhelming evidence that the accuser actually wanted to be hoofed, or is just trying to exploit the more economically advantaged accused, results in more than 80% of hoofing cases to be abandoned before even reaching court. It’s just the way things go, boys. Suck it up.</p>
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		<title>By: Michele @ Saving Money In Real Life</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michele @ Saving Money In Real Life</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Many years ago I took a self-defense course, too.  Some of the tips I remember are: Don&#039;t make the situation worse than it is.  For example, if someone unarmed is trying to steal your purse, don&#039;t pull out a gun.  Second, appearances count: a sign that says &quot;Beware of Dog&quot; at your house could keep predators away even if you don&#039;t have a dog.  (Fake security system signs work, too.)  Third: Learn some basic defense moves.  Lastly, Mace and pepper spray are not the same.  Mace is not legal to carry in every state.  And there are restrictions on pepper spray in many places.  Know the law.

Thanks for bringing up this topic.  It is a very important one.  And I did something even dumber many years ago when I was in Italy.  I still shudder when I think about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many years ago I took a self-defense course, too.  Some of the tips I remember are: Don&#8217;t make the situation worse than it is.  For example, if someone unarmed is trying to steal your purse, don&#8217;t pull out a gun.  Second, appearances count: a sign that says &#8220;Beware of Dog&#8221; at your house could keep predators away even if you don&#8217;t have a dog.  (Fake security system signs work, too.)  Third: Learn some basic defense moves.  Lastly, Mace and pepper spray are not the same.  Mace is not legal to carry in every state.  And there are restrictions on pepper spray in many places.  Know the law.</p>
<p>Thanks for bringing up this topic.  It is a very important one.  And I did something even dumber many years ago when I was in Italy.  I still shudder when I think about it.</p>
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		<title>By: Myra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Myra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Crystal for your comment!  I would definitely look into a self defense class!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Crystal for your comment!  I would definitely look into a self defense class!</p>
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		<title>By: Myra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Myra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-8420&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Young Wife&lt;/a&gt;, That&#039;s awesome!  And definitely a great resource to have police officers in your church!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-8420" rel="nofollow">@Young Wife</a>, That&#8217;s awesome!  And definitely a great resource to have police officers in your church!</p>
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