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The Tennessee Legislature most often creates laws that go into effect on July 1. This is procedural, so there is time to have both the house and the senate vote, then the governor sign, then the governor signs, and the legislature has time to override the veto, if the governor vetoes the bill, and still have the law go into effect as soon as possible after all these things.  This post on social media highlights some of the laws that took effect earlier this week (Wednesday). Of course, my thoughts on the journalist's opinion or the law will be below each one in italics.  This stack of papers? All of the new laws (more than 200!) that went into effect today in Tennessee. Here are some highlights: A new immigration-related law will force cooperation between some local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration authorities. Good Getting a Tennessee driver's license will eventually require passing the written test in English. For the next three years, drivers can still take...

Most drivers know what the speedometer does. Most drivers know what the fuel gauge does. But one of the most useful instruments in your vehicle is often ignored entirely: the trip odometer. For those unfamiliar, the trip odometer is the mileage counter that can be reset to zero at any time. Unlike the main odometer, which records the vehicle's total lifetime mileage, the trip odometer allows you to measure mileage over a specific distance or period of time. Many vehicles have two trip odometers, in addition to the primary odometer.  While simple, it has a surprising number of practical uses. Measuring Distance The most obvious use is measuring the distance between two points. Want to know how far it is from your house to work? Reset the trip odometer when you leave and check it when you arrive. Want to know how far it is from your home to church, the grocery store, the gun range, or your favorite restaurant? The trip odometer will tell you. Calculating Fuel Economy Long before vehi...

Most drivers know that the fuel gauge tells you how much fuel is in the tank. What many drivers don't realize is that the fuel gauge usually tells you something else as well: Which side of the vehicle the fuel door is on. Take a look at your fuel gauge the next time you're in your vehicle. Chances are you'll see a small triangle or arrow near the fuel pump icon. That arrow points to the side of the vehicle where the fuel filler door is located. If the arrow points left, the fuel door is on the left side of the vehicle. If the arrow points right, like the one pictured above, the fuel door is on the right side of the vehicle. Simple. This feature is particularly useful when driving a rental car, a company vehicle, a recently purchased vehicle, or simply a vehicle you don't drive very often. I first learned this while working in the car rental industry. It saved time, prevented guesswork, and eliminated the awkward moment of pulling up to a fuel pump only to discover the f...

I was recently having a conversation with someone and asked how much fuel they had in their gas tank. They had an understandable amount of difficulty describing exactly where the needle was on the fuel gauge. That immediately brought back memories of my time in the car rental industry. I first learned this in my car rental days. This was a conversation I had hundreds of times with trainee employees and hundreds more with everyday customers, and people since. Once you know the system, it's simple. Until then, people often struggle to describe anything that isn't exactly full, three-quarters, half, one-quarter, or empty. To be fair, most people know those major reference points. The confusion starts when the needle falls somewhere in between. Fortunately, there is an easy solution. Here in America, we commonly think in quarters: 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and full. If you take the halfway point between each of those measurements, you get eighths. That gives us a complete set of reference poi...

Bolt CEO announces he let go the entire HR department for "creating problems that didn't exist." Many people agree with this position.  Some do not - mostly HR people. For example, I typically like this YouTuber's content... but he went off the rails on this one. He points back to HR being a buffer to prevent the company from getting sued, etc. Here's an idea: Employ one single employment attorney, and you completely cover that singular problem. For far less money, and with far more useful additional skills.  There are probably some broader issues overall with what the Bolt CEO did in the layoffs - I did not study the situation that closely to speak intelligently on that. But he got this part right.  "Absorb what is useful. Reject what is useless." - Bruce Lee. 

This was posted online. Reposted here because it is good information on what should be trained primarily. -----   After meticulously viewing 1000s of OIS (Officer Involved Shootings) here’s what we continue to document:  We generally don’t see:  Braced kneeling, of any kind.  Shoulder transitions on rifle.  Slug select on 12ga.  Rifle to handgun transitions.  Multiple lethal threats.  Patrol rifle magnifiers being utilized.  Reloads with retention.  Shooting on the move, towards a threat.  Patrol rifle dot to iron sight transition.  Proactive prone engagement.  Shooting to trigger reset.  Transitions from handheld light to handgun WML.  Braced barricade work.  Patrol rifles / handguns being used through loopholes.  Auditory lethal cues.  Failure drills being needed.  We usually see:  Draw stroke under rapid reactive movement.  Muzzle orientations in confined spaces (door procedu...