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	The Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Basically, organisational defensive reasoning is a process whereby organisational decisions are made and actions carried out with the aim of protecting the organisation and maintaining staff morale.
		As can be seen, defensive reasoning as a practice, if it pervades an organisation, not only prevents the organisation from functioning at its full potential and reaching a standard of excellence, but also inhibits the ability of staff both individually and collectively to do what they have been professionally trained to do.
		Argyris explained that in communicating defensive reasoning arguments, the person communicating believes that what he or she is doing and saying is right, and an honest account of what is happening.
	www.vmiac.com.au /public/tmd.html (3426 words)

	South African Defence since 1994 - African Security Review Vol 13 No 1, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		NOD thinking further entails the deployment of small and dispersed military units that should rely on the advantages of local knowledge, defence in depth and concealment.
		Defensive thinking in South Africa emanated from strong anti-militarist sentiments from influential political and social sectors, domestic ‘political sensibilities’ and post-conflict fatigue amongst the public in general after 1990.
		A defensive posture became one of South Africa’s fundamental defence principles in the interim constitution and subsequent policy documents.
	www.iss.co.za /pubs/ASR/13No1/EJordaan.htm (6323 words)

	[DirectActionCorp.com] - (SCARS)
		The difference between offensive and defensive thinking is as simple to understand as action vs. reaction, cause vs. effect.
		Defense entails watching, waiting, and then, when the attacker moves, attempting to counter his movement.
		It must be noted that 'defense wounds' are those wounds found on the forearms and hands of people who held their arms up over their heads to ward off blows.
	www.scars.com /SCARS/_scars/scarsSystem.jsp (1214 words)

	American Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Biblical arguments were made in defense of slavery by religious leaders such as the Rev. Fred A. Ross and political leaders such as Jefferson Davis.
		The one clear Confederate victory in the West was the Battle of Chickamauga.
		Bragg, reinforced by the corps of James Longstreet (from Lee's army in the east), defeated Rosecrans, despite the heroic defensive stand of George Henry Thomas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Civil_War (10496 words)

	CNN.com - Review: Not conventional wisdom - July 3, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Defensive pessimists expect the worst, and spend lots of time and energy mentally rehearsing, in vivid, daunting detail, exactly how things might go wrong.
		Maybe most valuable to natural "defensive pessimists" is Norem's insight into how they may have to deal at times with the smiley crowd.
		If you're a "defensive pessimist," you'll read with no small amount of envy Norem's description of how her "strategic optimist" Bill misses a plane because he left too late for the airport -- but blames the traffic, not himself.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/CAREER/readingup/07/03/positive (1169 words)

	Wellesley Professor Says Negative Thinking is Powerful, Too
		Norem's research focuses on two strategies for dealing with life's challenges: defensive pessimism, for the committed worriers among us, and strategic optimism, for the "think positive" types.
		Defensive pessimists, on the other hand, are worrywarts.
		So defensive pessimists lower their expectations, and that takes a little pressure off.
	www.wellesley.edu /PublicAffairs/Releases/2001/090601.html (802 words)

	The Power of Negative Thinking: Using Defensive Pessimism to Harness Anxiety and Perform at your Peak by Julie Norem.
		[p.45] "Defensive pessimists are able to use their pessimistic expectations and mental rehearsal to get to the stage where they can do effective planning - and...
		[p.95] "Defensive pessimists do not tend to think that their top priority should be getting rid of their negative feelings - and they've convinced me they're right.
		They do not need to be cured of their defensive pessimism; indeed defensive pessimism is already the treatment for the anxiety that ails them."
	members.cruzio.com /~zdino/psychology/norem.pessimism.htm (591 words)

	Systems Thinking
		The Systems Thinking in Action conference is one excellent way; you can learn more and also interact with some of the leading experts in the field.
		The Systems Thinking in Action conference, presented by Pegasus Communications, is the largest systems thinking conference.
		The Boston Indicators Project, a joint effort of The Boston Foundation and the City of Boston, Massachusetts, used systems thinking in their 2002 report, Creativity and Innovation: A Bridge to the Future.
	www.thinking.net /Systems_Thinking/systems_thinking.html (523 words)

	Radical Collaboration - About the Book : Sample Chapter
		Defensiveness fans the flames of conflict and divisiveness.
		thinking becomes rigid, and they are lousy problem solvers.
		Defensiveness is a poison pill to good relationships.
	www.radicalcollaboration.com /samplechapter.html (2130 words)

	Strategies & Tactics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is a state of mind where a person is thinking about defensive situations, is aware of his/her surroundings, and takes precautions to prevent a defensive situations from occurring.
		They help people develop a protection philosophy that will permeate their daily living and help protect them even when they are not necessarily thinking about protection.
		Thinking about how you might response to a personal self-defense situation is a protection strategy.
	tkdtutor.com /08Strategy/StrategyInfo.htm (498 words)

	roleplaying tips for roleplayers and gamemaster roleplaying advice for all roleplaying systems and rpgs
		Good defense options, such as enhanced first aid kits, anti-venom magic or mundane treatments, temporary resistances to various foe attacks, secure places of retreat and convalescence, and so on.
		I think that to ignore or reduce the importance of equipment would remove a very rich source of game play.
		Most of the time players think (a belief spurred on by the unfortunate nature of video-games) that the world is moved by them and, should they stop for any length of time, the world will patiently wait them out.
	www.roleplayingtips.com /issue195.asp (4516 words)

	The Positive Power of Negative Thinking
		If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be one of the millions of people who have learned to cope with the pressures of modern life by using Defensive Pessimism, a strategy of imagining the worst-case scenario of any situation.
		At the same time, she shows how this strategy of Defensive Pessimism differs from the standard optimistic approach--and how friends, husbands and wives and coworkers with different approaches can understand one another and work together.
		The concept and quiz for the personality style "Defensive Pessimism" support a positive interpretation of the adaptive value of being a person who thinks through worst-case scenarios and uses anxiety to motivate and carry out effective actions.
	www.defensivepessimism.com (581 words)

	Houston's Clear Thinkers: Thinking about defensive talent in baseball
		While watching slick-fielding Stros SS Adam Everett make his first error of the season last night (after making 177 straight plays), I came across this Washington Post article on a new John Dewan book on fielding, which is one of those difficult skills to quantify.
		In fact, Jeter, according to James, was "probably the least effective defensive player in the major leagues, at any position" over the last three years.
		While his highlight reel catches seem to portray a gutsy, do-anything type of fielder, there seems to be just as many critics who point out that most such plays are due to being out of position in the first place.
	blog.kir.com /archives/003127.asp (726 words)

	Geek.com Geek News - Mitnick company website hacked
		On January 30th the company website for Defensive Thinking, a security company founded by famous hacker Kevin Mitnick, was hacked by someone with the alias "BugBear," who added a page to the website with a photo of a polar bear with cubs.
		Defensive Thinking was founded by Kevin Mitnick, whose probation ended January 20th (see our previous coverage).
		Defensive Thinking's website is a target for hackers trying to prove themselves.
	www.geek.com /news/geeknews/2003Feb/gee20030213018644.htm (2837 words)

	Achievement Concepts
		The team-elected leader, the oldest and most experienced rep, became more and more oppositional and conventional in his thinking, to attempt to “keep things stable” until their manager arrived.
		These two very divergent thinking and behaviour styles, and subsequent goals, resulted in significant conflict within the team.
		After using a 360 degree diagnostic tool to define and measure the extent of the defensive thinking and behaviour, the team was educated in constructive and defensive thinking and its resultant behaviour.
	www.achievementconcepts.com.au /casestudies_group.htm (317 words)

	Teach defensive strategy early (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Granted, I do not want to script out counters to students because they donÕt work in every situation, but I knew there had to be a way to teach defensive thinking as easily as teaching a front kick.
		I have found this a simple and effective defensive strategy to teach to new and intermediate students.
		The advantage is that the student now can develop individual defensive scenarios which suit their best techniques, and to practice new ones under semi-controlled situations.
	www.sakidokwan.org /html/defense.html (545 words)

	Achievement Concepts
		AC and its partners have measured the values, principles, character thinking, and behaviour of over 35,000 individuals in Australia and New Zealand.
		They learn about their values, principles, thinking and their behaviour and begin to shift from defensiveness toward constructiveness which improves their effectiveness at work as well as home.
		The shared values, thinking and behavioural expectations that govern the way people approach their work and interact with others to “fit in” and “get on” in an organisation.
	www.achievementconcepts.com.au /glossary.htm (1620 words)

	Goodhealth n You (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Norem is not against optimism and in her book The Positive Power of Negative Thinking: Using Defensive Pessimism to Harness Anxiety and Perform at Your Peak talks of how being pessimistic is not bad at all.
		If you're a chronic worrier or have trouble coping with stress and anxiety, negative thinking may actually be your best coping strategy.
		Norem doesn't recommend defensive pessimism for people who aren't particularly anxious or who are able to deal with their stress.
	www.goodhealthnyou.com /features/features1.php3?id=1437 (756 words)

	Mitnick shrugs off ‘welcome back’ hack attack \| The Register
		Defensive Thinking's Web site was defaced by hacker BugBear with a picture of three polar bears along with a message poking gentle fun at Mitnick.
		Defensive Thinking issued a statement yesterday making clear that no sensitive systems were affected by the defacement.
		Outpost Firewall Pro — A superior arsenal of defense against...
	www.theregister.co.uk /2003/02/11/mitnick_shrugs_off_welcome_back (408 words)

	Starcraft Millennium - www.scmillennium.com
		After all the Terrans are the defensive race and have the greatest advantage at being defensive.
		However, the main strategy a Terran Player uses is takes the defense, and uses it to build up the force that will kill their opponent.
		It's very good information, and you need to think about what you are doing mentally to prepare yourself.
	www.scmillennium.com /mental12.shtml (362 words)

	Mitnick shrugs off 'welcome back' hack attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Defensive Thinking's Web site was defaced by hacker BugBear with pictures of three polar bears and a message poking gentle fun at Mitnick.
		Defensive Thinking says its systems have now been patched.
		Mitnick, whose probation order prevented him using the Internet legally until late last month, seems unflustered by the latest attack on his company.
	www.securityfocus.com /print/news/2337 (253 words)

	Mitnick: Leaving the Dark Side
		He's founded a security consulting company, Defensive Thinking Inc., in Los Angeles, that he says is focused on providing security awareness training and vulnerability assessments to enterprises and government agencies.
		If a company hires Defensive Thinking to do training, there is no risk because we are basically the messenger providing very valuable information that companies could use to protect their information assets.
		I think people who have knowledge of the true facts of my case are in a much better position to assess what risk I pose to them … rather than a lot of the media hyperbole about Kevin Mitnick.
	www.eweek.com /article2/0,1759,1661373,00.asp (1240 words)

	JUDAISM and CHESS - Gustavo Perednik
		In Jewish chess, in contrast, pure defense is a legitimate way of winning.
		For example Aaron Nimzowitch's theory of "overprotection" (to unburden the centre without advancing the central pawns until positioning the major pieces) was defined by Alekhine as "purely Jewish...
		Chess requires a type of thinking similar to that required for Talmud study.
	www.metajedrez.com.ar /judaism.htm (1417 words)

	Hackers attack their hero - Computing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mitnick, one of the world's best known hackers, shrugged off the attack on his corporate site Defensive Thinking as "quite amusing".
		Mitnick, released from prison three years ago after serving a five-year sentence for hacking offences, said he had not contacted authorities because the break-ins caused no financial loss to his company.
		Defensive Thinking advertises "training and expertise to help stop information theft".
	www.computing.co.uk /vnunet/news/2121497/hackers-attack-hero (550 words)

	Essential Logic
		Let's think of a hypothetical scenario by which we can demonstrate that this is so -- that even if the advertisement is true, we would not be entitled to infer that Sam Kung's store has the lowest prices.
		"Don't think so much, you're making it too complicated." "He can't see the forest for the trees." We use expressions such as these when we claim that someone is getting lost in detail and missing the simple principle or concept that organizes all the details into a clear picture.
		If logical thinking gave us more of a guarantee than that provided by a valid argument, we would not need to be tolerant of other opinions.
	www.hcc.hawaii.edu /~pine/Book2/chap1EL-2.htm (18200 words)

	Hackers: Under the hood: ZDNet Australia: Insight: Security
		Currently working on his next book, tentatively called The Art of Intrusion , Mitnick is a sought-after public speaker and runs Defensive Thinking, a consultancy specialising in minimising the risks posed by social engineering.
		He freely admits that his notoriety is a big part of his recent success, but says his recent good fortune is what he's most proud of in life.
		I think it would be wise to p.s.
	www.zdnet.com.au /insight/security/0,39023764,39116620-5,00.htm (1440 words)

	BookSense.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Rather than trying to talk pessimists out of their dim expectations, Norem encourages both pessimists and optimists to draw on the titular approach of Defensive Pessimism.
		Easier said than done, sure, but Norem responsibly acknowledges that this approach is not the best fit for everyone (especially, I might add, those with more acute anxiety disorders than can be assuaged by merely reading a bookbut perhaps I'm just being defensively pessimistic).
		Because women tend to have lower self-esteem than men, that's why, and Tschirhart Sanford and Donovan intend to reverse that disturbing trend.
	www.booksense.com /readup/themes/selfhelp.jsp (962 words)

	Technology \| Talk time: Kevin Mitnick
		The name was to encourage defensive thinking when people are working with information or computer systems.
		The human element is the most vulnerable, and if we could motivate and teach people how to think defensively, we'd create a better, more secure environment.
		The explosion of companies deploying wireless networks insecurely is creating vulnerabilities as they think it's limited to the office - then they have Johnny Hacker in the parking lot with an 802.11 antenna using the network to send threatening emails to the president!
	technology.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4718359-110837,00.html (409 words)

	Geek.com Geek News - Mitnick receives ham radio license (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		With his new found freedom Mitnick will be able to further pursue work with his security consulting company, Defensive Thinking, which includes making computer security training films with actor Kevin Spacey under the newly formed production company Defensive Films.
		Looks like now that Mitnick's consulting company, Defensive Thinking, will be kicking it into high gear they will finally get their chance.
		I really don't think that this Mitnick guy should serve more time than all these murderers that we let free every day.
	www.geek.com /news/geeknews/2002Dec/gee20021230017944.htm (1930 words)

	Mitnick's company website defaced again for political reason - The Community's Center for Security
		SyS64738 submits, Today, February 23rd the website of the company Defensive Thinking belonging to famous hacker Kevin Mitnick has been re-re-re-redefaced.
		We at Zone-H fighted a little in order to get the mirror of the defacement as somebody at Defensivethinking was continuosly restoring the original main page and blocking the IP of our mirroring robot (like to say, if Zone-H doesn't mirror it, it will get unnoticed...
		The interesting thing, is that the boys at Defensive Thinking rather that fixing the configuration mistake (at the moment the full server content can be still browsable as an extension of your local directory) they were fighting against our mirrors or against the hacker who was redefacing the mainpage everytime it got fixed.
	www.linuxsecurity.com /content/view/113488/151 (339 words)

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