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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>OK, I missed July and August is a repeat from several years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>My issue is that about 2 months ago I upgraded my primary system with Windows 10 and of course my machine does not like it at all. All kinds of issues and my software is not even responding properly. All my primary software is Microsoft but it really did a job on my system. I do have other machines that I can use but hopefully I will correct the issues by next month.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Also I did it again I hurt myself several weeks ago in a motorcycle accident. In making a sharp left turn “IN THE SAND” my front tire slipped and I could not hold the bike up. The bike landed on top of me on the same side that I injured back in January and my left leg was stuck twisted under the bike foot caught between the gear box and rear suspension. Took three guys to pick the bike up (850lbs). After finally getting up I continued on my ride for another 35 miles (hurting). The next day I went to urgent care and they took x-rays but when they got the results they sent me to the Hospital for further examination. They said I had “SIX” broken ribs and my left leg was badly bruised from my toes to my upper thigh. So with all of this I have been healing again and yes of course I have been on the bike again. BTW “THE BIKE DID NOT EVEN GET A SCRATCH” YET ANOTHER LESSON TO BE CAREFUL IN ALL THAT WE DO. If I would had listened to myself I would have stopped first then continued on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Here is a good article sent to me by Col Bryan Cooper. It was written for my newsletter so that is how it is referenced.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><em><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>You Are Not Alone.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>You are going to read a lot about safety in this newsletter. But safety is more than fire extinguishers and seatbelts and checklists. You can’t feel safe if you can’t trust the person next to you. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I am not saying that the observer is going to attack you and fly the plane into the mountainside. But did he carefully check the height of <u>all</u> the obstructions before you departed on your flight? Excellence is a safety issue. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>CAP asks us to do a safety check every time before we put the vehicle in gear. I understand the temptation just to start the vehicle and go. I do it with my POV. But do you want a person who fakes the vehicle log, to check the fingerprints of the people around your children? Integrity is a safety issue.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you tell me not to be afraid because nobody has gotten seriously hurt by tripping over the curled corner of the door mat, I am not going to bring up some members are afraid of walking through the dark parking lot, alone after the meeting. Respect is a safety issue. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are a volunteer organization, not an individual volunteer. And we will not feel safe if we can’t trust the person next to us. We are a group that must <u>know</u>; everybody’s core values are a safety issue. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Col. Bryan W. Cooper, CAP<br>NER/CDI<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>H 401-246-2178<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>U. S. Air Force Auxiliary<br>gocivilairpatrol.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Remember to check out the National Safety pages and the National Safety Newsletter<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Be Safe and “if you think something is unsafe report it and don’t continue”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><img width=248 height=43 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D0CBCC.D9F8C2F0" alt="cid:9A18312A-A445-4805-8F77-524A881DDED9"><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#04427A'>Lt Col. Paul Mondoux, CAP<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'>Northeast Region Director of Safety<br>(C) 603-759-0178<br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#04427A'>U.S. Air Force Auxiliary<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#04427A'><a href="mailto:pmondoux@ner.cap.gov"><span style='color:#0563C1'>pmondoux@ner.cap.gov</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#04427A'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>gocivilairpatrol.com</span></a></span><br><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Civil-Air-Patrol/107647995924164"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D0CBCC.D9F8C2F0" alt=FB></span></a><a href="http://instagram.com/civil__air__patrol"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#05539B;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D0CBCC.D9F8C2F0" alt=Flickr></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/civilairpatrol"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#05539B;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D0CBCC.D9F8C2F0" alt=Twitter></span></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/civilairpatrol/sets/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#05539B;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01D0CBCC.D9F8C2F0" alt=white-large-chiclet></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#05539B'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>