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Economists like Mr. Weinberg — and a few policy makers as well — are beginning to worry that a danger of deflation in Europe, similar to the one that strangled Japanese growth for most of the 1990s, is a bigger threat than inflation.
Prices fell in Ireland in April, while inflation was below 1 percent in five other euro zone countries. The problem also extends outside the euro zone.
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Photo Gallery: A bird's eye view of the prisons and palaces of Kim Jong-il's North Korea – Telegraph
Looking closely at the images of North Korea using the Google Earth web service one can see evidence of not only Prsident Kim Jong-il's lavish lifestyle but also of the state's gulags and prison camps. This image shows Kim Jong-il's Sinuiju house complete with private train station in the bottom right hand corner
A bird's eye view of the prisons and palaces of Kim Jong-il's North Korea – Telegraph
Beijing warned property bubble worse than US
The amount of discontent in China is very high. The popping of the housing market bubble could destabilize the current communist government.
The problems in China's housing market are more severe than those in the US before the financial crisis because they combine a potential bubble with the risk of social discontent, according to an adviser to the Chinese central bank.
South Korea steps up campaign over ship sinking – Washington Times
South Korea broadened efforts Monday to persuade the world and its own public that North Korea sank one of its warships, sharing evidence with Russian torpedo experts and preparing a special briefing for influential bloggers and Twitter personalities.
S. Korea steps up campaign over ship sinking – Washington Times
Latin America on the Edge
Today, a large part of the Latin American continent is in danger of collapsing into a situation that fluctuates between totalitarianism and anarchy, between authoritarianism and chaos. The region is also in danger of falling under the strange influence of insurgent and terrorist groups, drug cartels and distant countries that historically have been poles apart from the region's culture and civilization (mainly Iran , China , and perhaps Russia).
Russia's Military Weakness May Lead to USA's Aggression – Pravda.Ru
Russia's aerospace security is in danger. The commander of the Russian Air Force Anatoly Kornukov and the former chief for procurement of the Russian Armed Forces Anatoly Sitnov stated that the military hardware of the Russian aerospace defense system was outdated. The nation's defense complex, which produces the weaponry for air and space defense, is in a deplorable state, the two officials said.
As a result, Russia has fallen 25 or even 30 years behind its potential enemies in air defense technologies.
Russia's Military Weakness May Lead to USA's Aggression – Pravda.Ru
IAEA: Iran has over 2 tons enriched uranium -2 bombs' worth
Iran has amassed more than two tons of enriched uranium, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday in a report that heightened Western concerns about the country preparing to produce a nuclear weapon.
Two tons of uranium would suffice for two nuclear warheads, although Iran says it does not want weapons and is only pursuing civilian nuclear energy.
Iran: Nuclear equipment missing, IAEA report says – latimes.com
An apparatus that could be used to extract plutonium for an atomic bomb is gone, the United Nations watchdog agency says.
Iran: Nuclear equipment missing, IAEA report says – latimes.com
IAEA Iran Report: Enrichment Increases Slightly; Lack of Adequate Safeguards
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released on May 31, 2010 its latest report on the implementation of NPT safeguards in Iran and the status of Iran's compliance with Security Council Resolutions 1737, 1747 and 1803.
The following analysis highlights the IAEA's key findings, including 1) modestly increased production of LEU at the Natanz fuel enrichment plant; 2) expected levels of production of 20 percent LEU using a single cascade of 164 centrifuges at the pilot fuel enrichment plant (PFEP); 3) continued research and development of advanced centrifuges; and 4) no progress toward resolving outstanding questions regarding the "military applications" of Iran's nuclear activities.
A recurring issue throughout the report concerns Iran's minimalist application of safeguards, in particular where the IAEA seeks information about new enrichment facilities that are reportedly under construction, design information for the Fordow facility, centrifuge production, uranium mining and related activities. The IAEA continues to note that Iran's refusal to be bound by its 2003 safeguards agreement and subsidiary arrangements does not allow the Agency to build confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities
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For all those that wish to help Israel in the PR war we need you to help now. The Muslims are trying to use the Gaza Flotilla incident to exploit in the propaganda war against Israel.
The Gaza Flotilla was a deliberate attempt to provoke Israel and the intention was to "kill Jews" in a martydom operation. We have provided a link that was translated by palwatch.org from Al Jazeera TV just before the operation took place as well as another link of video which shows the beating of soldiers which forced Israel to take forceful action.
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California's Golden Guardian emergency preparedness exercise -- which the state said was the largest and most ambitious exercise of its kind in the nation -- is designed to test the state's ability to prevent, respond to and recover from a terrorist attack or catastrophic natural disaster. Today's exercise brought together 1,500 people from over 100 state, local and federal departments in a simulated 7.9 earthquake in San Francisco -- approximately the size of the1906 earthquake. Aftershocks of up to 7.0 were also simulated. In an earthquake of this magnitude San Francisco could lose 37,000 buildings and approximately 5,000 lives.
This was a statewide event. People in Fresno County took part in the simulation by working with volunteers and the Red Cross on housing of simulated evacuees. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also was involved through the simulated use of the National Pharmaceutical Cache to see how to distribute pharmaceuticals both to treat people and as a prophylactic in the case of exposure to biological agents.
As part of the drill, a training area was constructed on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hays-White explained that they "built this prop specifically for Golden Guardian ... we did bring in approximately 1.5 million pounds of cement and debris to simulate a three-story concrete structural collapse with approximately 25 victims." She also noted that with structural collapses such as in this simulation, there are also structure fires to contend with. The structure will remain on Treasure Island for training purposes.
Both Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom attended the demonstration at the Treasure Island Facility. "We all know that here in California we are faced with all kinds of potential disasters," Schwarzenegger said. He went on to praise the collaborative effort stating that "the purpose of this exercise is that we see how quickly our various departments can come together and communicate with one another and help each other."
Newsom called on all people to be prepared by having "go bags" ready and learning more about preparedness by going to San Francisco's 72 hours Web site. "This is a very likely scenario, this is real stuff, and this is incredibly important."


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Well, my mom has tried to prepare me for this. But, I still DO NOT like the news. She is going back to work soon. No more morning naps on the couch, no more snuggling in the afternoon, no more helping to bring in the groceries in the afternoon, no extra cookies just because. Oh the agony! There is only one good thing in all this. She's a teacher and works with kids so she will come home with all sorts of new and interesting smells! Oh I can hardly wait for that, I'll have to give her a good smell-down once she gets home. But how will I ever cope being left home alone again?
My mommy has stopped teaching at summer schoool so she gets to stay home with me!!!!!!!! She says school will be starting again soon, but I am pretending that I don't know. It has been hot here, so I have been sleeping a lot. It's even too hot for me to be outside, and I like to be hot! Well, it is just about time for me to go get in my box for bed. Goodnight.
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Philadelphia makes progress toward "greenest" goal
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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Less garbage, more bike lanes and warmer, energy-efficient houses are a few of the improvements Philadelphia has made as it aims to be the greenest city in America.
Philadelphia Greenworks, a six-year, city-run program that is celebrating its first anniversary, also plans to cut city government energy consumption by 30 percent, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent and to double the number of green jobs.
"When I said that Philadelphia will be the number-one green city in America, I'm sure many felt the goal was too bold," Mayor Michael Nutter said. "Now, looking back on the first year of Greenworks, I am more confident than ever that we will be successful."
The city says there is evidence that the public is beginning to embrace environmental programs which are part of the program.
It is halfway toward its goal of diverting 70 percent of solid waste from landfills and the program to bring local food to within 10 minutes of three-quarters of the population is 31 percent complete.
The program, funded by city and federal money and some private grants, measures progress in specific initiatives that help to achieve overall goals.
The city has begun converting traffic lights to LEDs, and is designing new lighting for recreation centers. Greenworks also claims success in setting up a green jobs training center.
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A $900 go-kart designed exclusively for children.
Owning a Porsche is normally confined to the realm of adult dreaming – but now it would seem the company is also hoping to attraction the attention of a much younger audience. Porsche recently release a pedal-powered go-kart aimed at children five-years and older.
Designed for kids up to 110 pounds, the kart features a tubular steel frame, low-profile inflatable tires, sports seat, composite rims and a rear braking system. It almost sounds like one of the company's full-fledged sports cars.
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Alleged terror plot was set for 9/11 anniversary
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DENVER - An Afghan immigrant wanted to carry out a New York City terror attack involving hydrogen peroxide bombs to coincide with the Sept. 11 anniversary before federal authorities foiled the plan, a US prosecutor said yesterday.
Tim Neff told a federal judge that Najibullah Zazi "was in the throes of making a bomb and attempting to perfect his formulation.''
"The evidence suggests a chilling, disturbing sequence of events showing the defendant was intent on making a bomb and being in New York on 9/11, for purposes of perhaps using such items,'' Neff declared in arguing for Zazi's transfer to New York.
Zazi was in custody in New York last night after a magistrate in Denver yesterday afternoon ordered him transferred there to face charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.
Zazi, a 24-year-old Afghan-born coffee cart owner in New York and Denver airport shuttle driver, sat expressionless during the Denver court hearing, staring at a decanter on the defense table.
Zazi's lawyer, Arthur Folsom, argued at the hearing that Zazi should be released on bond with electronic monitoring. He said Zazi has family ties in Colorado: His parents and five siblings.
US Magistrate Judge Craig Shaffer disagreed, saying Zazi had been in Colorado less than a year.
Zazi has publicly denied being a terrorist since he was arrested on Saturday and charged with lying to FBI agents during three days of voluntary interviews.
The US indictment says Zazi received explosives training from Al Qaeda and bought large quantities of hydrogen peroxide and nail-polish remover at beauty supply stores to make bombs, possibly to detonate on New York City commuter trains.
A law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday that Zazi had associates in New York who were in on the plot. Court papers say that during the summer, Zazi and three unidentified associates bought "unusually large quantities'' of hydrogen peroxide and acetone - a flammable solvent found in nail-polish remover - from beauty supply stores in the Denver area.
Zazi - a legal US resident who immigrated in 1999 - began plotting as early as August 2008 to "use one or more weapons of mass destruction,'' when he "and others'' traveled from Newark, N.J., to receive explosives training in Pakistan, prosecutors said.
Within days of returning from Pakistan in early 2009, he moved to the Denver suburb of Aurora, where he used a computer to research homemade bomb ingredients and to look up beauty supply stores where he could buy them, according to prosecutors.
A second law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation said associates of Zazi visited Colorado from New York to help him buy the chemicals, using stolen credit cards to make the purchases before returning to New York.
Security video and receipts show that some of the purchases were made near a Colorado hotel, according to court papers. On Sept. 6 and 7, Zazi checked into a suite at the hotel with a kitchen and a stove, the papers say, and tried to contact an unidentified associate "seeking to correct mixtures of ingredients to make explosives.''
On Sept. 8, court papers say, Zazi searched the Internet for home improvement stores in Queens before driving a rental car for a two-day trip to the city. The visit triggered a series of searches in Denver and New York City over the past two weeks, and netted backpacks, cell phones and a scale at a Queens home where Zazi spent the night.
Meanwhile, two men were in custody yesterday after each tried to blow up what they thought were vehicles packed with explosives outside a Texas skyscraper and an Illinois courthouse, authorities said.
The two cases were unconnected to each other and to the Zazi investigation.
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, a Jordanian who lives in Texas, appeared in court yesterday after federal officials said he parked what he thought was an explosive-laden truck in a parking garage beneath the 60-story Fountain Place office tower in Dallas.
Michael C. Finton, 29, who also went by the name Talib Islam and idolized Lindh was arrested Wednesday in Springfield, Ill., after federal officials said he attempted to detonate what he believed to be explosives in a van outside a federal courthouse in the Illinois capital.
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The football team (1-6) took on a few occasions in the first half but lost to No. 9 Snow College 45-14 on Saturday in Ephraim, UT. Snow College scored 36 unanswered points.
Quarterback Max Shepherd (Sunrise Mountain HS) got the Aztecs on the board in the first quarter with a 45-yard touchdown run and after Adam Valenzuela's (Cienega HS) extra-point, the Aztecs led 7-0. In the second quarter, Shepherd found Spencer Grijalva (Douglas HS) in the endzone for a 1-yard touchdown reception which gave Pima a 14-9 lead. Shepherd had 77-yards passing and 50-yards rushing for the game.
On defense, Lopeti Fonokalafi (Kaiser HS), Maurice Chavis (Sabino HS) and Devonttay Jones (Santa Rita HS) each had a sack and Mikell Everette (Kentwood HS) had his third interception of the year.
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SLIDESHOW: West Seattle pulls one out of the hat in cross neighborhood matchup vs. Sealth
By Jeremy Martin
Trailing 3-2 and down to their last out of the game, the West Seattle High School softball team made their coach proud Wednesday afternoon by stringing together four consecutive hits and racking up three runs en route to 5-3 come from behind victory against arch rival Chief Sealth.
"That was very, very, very exciting. That last inning is how we've been playing most of the year, it took us a few innings to get there today but we had some girls step up," Eric McCurdy, the Wildcats head coach said.
The Seahawks nearly had the game in the bag, and kept the wildcats on the ropes six and a half innings. Sealth played a nearly flawless game, scoring runs in the first, fourth and sixth innings and keeping west Seattle off the scoreboard until the top of the sixth.
"We had an error and gave them one more chance, and that was all they needed. We were on top of them up to that point. Our girls played a heck of a good game and I'm very proud of them," Seahawks head coach Mike Depew said.
Sealth held the Wildcats to only five hits through the first five innings before West Seattle came alive late, spraying 10 hits around the field in the final two innings of play.
The Seahawks finished with seven total hits, but were unable to get any when it counted most going 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 7th.
Sealth will have a chance for redemption on Friday when the teams face each other once again, this time on West Seattle home turf at Hiawatha.
"The girls are playing very well, we play them again on Friday so we'll see how are girls react to that," McCurdy said.
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South Okanagan shuttle service ready to start picking up passengers soon for connection to Kelowna International Airport
Better late than never.
That's the motto for supporters of the new South Okanagan shuttle service that will officially begin transporting people from Kelowna International Airport to Osoyoos – and all points in between – the second week of August.
Proponents of the shuttle service have been involved in contract negotiations with a service provider for several weeks and a deal has been signed with full service scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 11, said Robert Linttell, transportation chair with the South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce (SOCC).
The SOCC has led the charge to establish a regular shuttle service in the South Okanagan for more than a year.
While there has been a delay in establishing the service – the tentative date of June 1 could not be reached – all proponents are thrilled a deal has been completed and the service will begin very soon, said Linttell.
"It has been a large undertaking with a lot of work put in by many supporters, but the plan has always been to make sure we came up with a service that could be successful and we feel we have that in place," said Linttell.
All stakeholders involved in putting together the South Okanagan shuttle service will gather at Nk'Mip Cellars Winery in Osoyoos on Friday, Aug. 8 to officially reveal all of the details relating to the service, said Linttell.
"Mayors and councillors from all of the municipalities from across the South Okanagan, management from Kelowna International Airport, tourism service providers and numerous other dignitaries have been sent notices to join us for what we believe will be an announcement that will provide a significant economic boost to businesses across the region," said Linttell.
The shuttle service will provide daily bus transportation to and from Kelowna International Airport in the north all the way south to Osoyoos.
The shuttle buses will pick up and drop off passengers in every community between Kelowna and Osoyoos, including Oliver, Okanagan Falls, Penticton, Summerland, Peachland and West Kelowna.
The original concept called for four shuttle buses to operate daily during peak tourist season and on a reduced schedule between October and early May.
Route details and pricing are expected to be unveiled during the announcement on August 8.
Linttell said it has taken a lot of effort from numerous stakeholders to bring this shuttle service from a concept to reality.
"It has taken a lot of work, but we feel this is a service that will provide great benefit to business owners and communities across the South Okanagan," he said.
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ConnectCASS, a recently formed nonprofit organization, is gearing up to promote the whole health of the whole county.
Susan Mills-Gray, a nutrition specialist at University of Missouri Extension Center in Harrisonville, said the organization is an outgrowth of the Community Health Awareness and Resource Team.
But unlike CHART, which Mills-Gray served as president for the past several years, ConnectCASS will have a paid executive director and grant funding to support its mission, she said.
The grants are coming from the REACH Foundation and Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, which were established in 2002 with the proceeds from the $1.13 billion sale of Health Midwest, a nonprofit hospital operator, to HCA Inc.
The foundations have long expressed a desire to help Cass County, which has been slipping in health categories including premature deaths, which increased by 338 to 7,272 last year.
But according to Mills-Gray, few of the small health-related nonprofits in Cass County have professional grant-writing capabilities, and the grants they have applied for were not large enough in scope to attract funding.
ConnectCASS was formed to clear those hurdles by presenting higher-quality applications for foundation, state and federal grants and by serving as an umbrella organization, fostering collaboration among existing health organizations.
We dont want to duplicate or take away from what the other groups are doing, Mills-Gray said. But this is a very fragmented county, where every community wants to do its own thing. If we can bring everyone together, what they could accomplish would be amazing.
To get the ball rolling, the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City approved a one-time, $50,000 grant to CHART in November 2010. The money was used to conduct a review of the countys health needs and to determine whether CHART or a new organization would be better suited to lead the improvement effort.
Ultimately, it was decided not to build on the existing organization, which was among CHARTs that the state created in every Missouri county in 1997. Ten years later, the program lost its federal funding and individual CHARTs lost the staff support they had been receiving from regional program directors. Consequently, most CHARTs folded.
Cass Countys CHART was rare because we continued to meet and be successful, said Mills-Gray, who listed production of a countywide health resource directory and pregnancy, suicide and child abuse prevention programs as accomplishments.
But despite a membership representing more than 20 health and social service organizations in Cass County, there was only so much the CHART members could do given the fact that we all have full-time jobs, Mills-Gray said.
By contrast, ConnectCASS will be served by its own full-time executive director, whose salary and support expenses will be covered through three annual grants of $100,000 recently approved by the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
Two to three finalists were scheduled to be interviewed for the position April 16, Mills-Gray said, and we hope to have somebody in place by mid-May.
The director will be selected by Mills-Gray and the nine other members of the ConnectCASS executive board. They were selected from a 20-member community advisory council formed to represent all four quadrants of the county.
The CAC was put together with help from Gary Mallory, former Cass County presiding commissioner, who was retained as a consultant as part of a $30,000 project financed by a grant from the REACH Foundation.
Mallory also has helped guide the executive director search, and grant that financed his services also paid for development of ConnectCASSs logo, website and tagline: Connecting people to enhance the whole health of Cass County.
Toward that end, the CAC will serve as a sounding board, meeting quarterly to discuss the needs and service gaps communicated by the public.
In addition, once its director is in place, ConnectCASS will begin conducting a countywide health needs assessment to guide the its efforts.
Chris Lang, a ConnectCASS executive board member and CEO of Cass Regional Health Center, said one health issue facing the county is a need for public transportation. Without bus or taxi service in the county, he explained, access to medical, dental, mental health and substance abuse care is lacking for residents without vehicles.
Cass County also has an obesity rate higher than the state average, which could lead to ConnectCASS programs promoting hiking and biking trails and greater availability of fresh produce, he said.
I think people perceive that since we are so close to the Kansas City metropolitan area that we probably wouldnt have a lot of health care needs, Mills-Gray added. In reality, we do.
Other health issues include poverty, which affects as many as 19 percent of families in some Cass County communities, and shortages of primary and dental care providers.
There is only one primary care provider for every 3,009 Cass County residents, which compares to one in 1,015 statewide and a national benchmark of one for every 631 individuals.
In addition, before the recent opening of a Belton clinic, there was no place in the county providing dental services to children on Medicaid, Mills-Gray said, and access to adult dental services remains an issue.
According to the 2011 County Health Rankings published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Cass County ranked high 16th among 114 Missouri counties. But just a year earlier, the county ranked 10th.
One of ConnectCASSs goals will be to find out why the countys ranking and premature death rate took turns for the worse last year. Another will be to turn those trends around.


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Slope Day - Wine Tasting at Auto Vino in Menlo Park
Sunday, June 8, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
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Event Details
Take Back the Slope!
We bring you Slope Day in South Bay
Please join us for a belated Slope Day celebration and wine tasting at Auto Vino: "A Preserve for Fine Cars & Wine"
Part winery, part classic car storage, Auto Vino truly is like no other winery you have seen. Come enjoy Auto Vino's award-winning wines while viewing the many rare and exotic cars on display and remininscing about the days on the slope.
Anyone is welcome to come (for free), but food and tasting flights are $10 each. The tastings start at 12:00, but feel free to drop by at any time.
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Volunteer Team: Mike Adams MA Eng '01 PH. D, Anna Carmel Carandang BS MSE '14, Karen Kao, CALS '88, Cornell Norcal Event Director
For more information, please visit http://www.auto-vino.org/ or contact Jeremy at email@example.com
When & Where
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205 Constitution Dr.
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Sunday, June 8, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (PDT)
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Went out today and finally bought a new Bersa Thunder 380 Duo Tone. Have a keltec now but have always wanted a larger size in 380 caliper. Got a great price on the gun and when I asked about an extra magazine - cost was $35.00. Said thanks but will wait until a later time.
Any words of advice anybody can give me to help me enjoy this gun more? I hope to get out to the range in the next day or so and give it a work out. Once I am comfortable with it I probally will start to carry in occasionally.


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Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle who fled the scene after fatally striking a woman Saturday night as she walked on the northbound shoulder of Commerce Road with her 3-year-old son.
Nayaskeika Cooper, 19, was only 200 feet from her driveway, just south of Pinefield Way, when the driver of the unknown vehicle struck her on her left side about 9:10 p.m. and knocked her into a ditch, Athens-Clarke police said.
Cooper, of 1550 Commerce Road, later died from injuries at Athens Regional Medical Center.
Her 3-year-old son was not injured, police said, and was able to run to his home to tell family members his mother was hurt.
The only description police have so far of the vehicle is that it is red with tinted covers over its headlights, said Sgt. Don Eckert, a supervisor in the Athens-Clarke police Traffic Division.
The vehicle, Eckert said, should have damage to its front passenger side near the headlights.
Police are reviewing the surveillance videos of nearby businesses to try and get a better description of the vehicle, he said.
"We're hoping the person that did this doesn't know they hit someone and will come forward and talk to us," Eckert said. "Or we're hoping someone notices the damage and calls us."
Eckert said the scene where Cooper was struck is not a well lit area.
Athens Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the identity of the vehicle and driver involved in the crash, said Capt. Clarence Holeman of the Athens-Clarke Police Department.
Anyone with any information about the vehicle that struck Cooper should contact Eckert at (706) 208-1719; the Athens-Clarke Police Department at (706) 613-3330 or (706) 613-3342 for callers who wish to remain anonymous.
Cooper's death is the second fatal hit-and-run incident in Athens in a week.
Police arrested Joseph Patrick Armstrong, 22, of 149 Wakefield Trace, on June 8 after he allegedly struck 12-year-old Gedera Thomas shortly after 3 a.m. as Thomas and his brother rode their bicycles on Barnett Shoals Road.
Thomas died at the scene.
Armstrong, a Gainesville State College student, reportedly was drunk at the time he struck Thomas.
He was taken into custody about nine hours after the crash when police received a tip that his truck was to be towed from a Danielsville Road mobile home park.
Armstrong is charged with DUI and first-degree homicide by vehicle and leaving the scene of a fatal wreck.
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The apple never falls too far from the tree, and Robert Downey Jr is deeply troubled after his son Indio Downey was caught in the same struggles he used to deal with.
The 20-year-old "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" actor was arrested in West Hollywood on Sunday afternoon around 2pm after police saw him smoking a peculiar pipe while riding in a friend's car.
The autumn film season is shaping up to be one of the best in ages and "The Judge" just unveiled a trailer to start building some serious hype.
Directed by David Dobkin, the much-anticipated movie sees Robert Downey Jr opposite screen legend Robert Duvall, with support from Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton and Leighton Meester.
Gearing up for its release next month, Open Road Films unleashed the first trailer of "Chef" on Monday (April 7).
Directed by Jon Favreau, the comedy follows Chef Carl Casper as he loses his restaurant job and stars up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
It's another great night full of winners, and Robert Downey Jr is one of them at the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards tonight (March 29).
The "Iron Man 3" star smiled as he worked the arrivals area outside Los Angeles' Galen Center and happily came inside to find out he won Best Male Buttkicker for his role in the superhero flick.
His film "Gravity" is currently up for several nominations at the 86th Academy Awards, but now Alfonso Cuaron has admitted George Clooney and Sandra Bullock weren't his first choice to fill the film's roles.
Proving there's more to him than just acting chops, a video of Robert Downey Jr showing off his singing talents with Sting surfaced on YouTube last weekend.
In the clip, the 48-year-old actor took to the stage during Sting's 60th birthday bash at the Beacon Theatre in New York City a little over two years ago.
It's the biggest night in Hollywood where fans get the chance to rule the entire show, and plenty of your favorite celebs went home with brand new hardware at the 2014 People's Choice Awards on Wednesday (January 8).
We're less than a week away from the 71st Golden Globe Awards, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association just unveiled the first batch of illustrious presenters.
"Iron Man 3" hunk Robert Downey Jr will be in the house to hand out a trophy on Sunday (January 12) as will "Pulp Fiction" starlet Uma Thurman.


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BIRTH: Eli James Hilliard
Eli James Hilliard, son of Mark and Amanda Hilliard, was born Oct. 14, 2013, at Indiana Regional Medical Center. Eli weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 19 inches long. He was welcomed home by big brothers Isaiah and Jeremiah.
He is the grandson of Ward and Bernadette Hilliard, of Homer City, and Richard "Mouse" and Mary Orr, of Elderton.
Eli is the great-grandson of Norinne Brown, of Indiana.


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Celebrity Big Brother 2014 line-up tipped to be made up of 'mouthy and controversial' typesCBB bosses said to be gearing up for one explosive series ahead of show's launch on Friday 3rd January
Sunday, December 29, 2013
CELEBRITY Big Brother 2014 is set to hit our screens in a matter of days.
And show bosses are said to be gearing up for one seriously explosive series.
According to a CBB insider, the line-up this year is set to consist of one whole host of 'mouthy' celebs.
"It's a cracking group of names," they said.
"Almost all the celebs going in the house are known for being mouthy or controversial," the source told the Daily Star.
The Channel 5 show, which starts this Friday 3rd January at 9pm, always goes down an absolute storm and is bound to be the best series yet according to the latest show news.
Line-up rumours include some seriously hot reality stars, like TOWIE's Sam Faiers, Lucy Meckleburgh and former Made In Chelsea star Ollie Locke.
"The British reality stars they've signed up are used to having rows in front of the cameras so they won't hold back if they're angry with someone," the insider continued.
There's also going to be an 'American babe', who apparently 'doesn't care about being unpopular' which is always nice.
And word on the grapevine is that one potential new housie 'has boasted about enjoying X-rated sex orgies in the past'.
We wouldn't expect anything less.
Join us on Friday 3rd January for the brand-spanking new series of Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5.


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Posted by Heidi Shey on December 7, 2012
Keeping up with the threat and IT landscape, looking ahead to future technology and disruptive technologies, and keeping up with the regulatory landscape to identify what it means to your organization is no small task. It's also not a technology issue, but one that involves your most valuable asset: people. S&R pros, call it maintaining your security edge: keeping skills fresh, encouraging new ideas to flow, and preventing the security group from getting stale and set in their ways and habits. Fail to invest in your people, and an exodus of talent will the least of your concerns as a new type of internal threat is born. A security team and an organization that maintains their security edge will be better equipped to protect the organization and its assets through better decision making at all levels.
I'm kicking off research on this topic in the coming weeks, and would love to hear what you think it means to maintain your security edge. My initial ideas approach the topic from three angles:


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About This Game
- Summary
- Specifications
- Game Editions
Your Great Uncle McGriff is the world's utmost collector. After decades of amassing unique memorabilia, he's called upon you to search the world for eight rare objects to complete his collection - truly Amazing Finds! Grab your clue-filled journal and lucky coin, and then travel the globe exploring the world's greatest flea-markets and bazaars. There are hundreds of items to find at eight exotic locations. To gather your Amazing Finds, you'll need to interact with a diverse cast of characters and decipher cryptic clues!
- Minimum Requirements
- Operating System: Windows XP or Vista
- Video Card RAM: 32MB, 3D hardware acceleration required
- DirectX Version: 9.0c or above
Amazing FindsPublisher: Nickelodeon InteractiveRelease Date: November 2008
Help us solve the toughest (or most puzzling) game puzzles and challenges.
Our attempt to answer issues which most commonly occur on IGN's wikis.


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- All
- Angels and Demons
- Atonement
- Basic Reformed Theology
- Irresistible Grace
- Limited Atonement
- Perseverance of the Saints
- Total Depravity
- Unconditional Election
- The Church
- Church Discipline
- Church Leadership
- Creeds and Confessions
- God
- Holiness
- Sovereignty
- Heaven and Hell
- Heresies
- The Holy Spirit
- Jesus Christ
- Cross
- Incarnation
- Resurrection
- Justification
- Last Things
- Man and Sin
- Reference
- Sacraments
- Salvation
- Faith
- Regeneration
- Scripture
- Systematic Theology
- Theological Views
- Roman Catholicism
- Music
- Apologetics
- False Teaching
- Atheism
- Book Reviews
- Children's Books
- Christian Classics
- Christianity and Culture
- Creation
- Ethics
- Fiction and Literature
- Philosophy
- Science
- Bible Figures
- Bible Interpretation
- Bibles
- Books of the Bible
- Gospels
- Covenants
- General Reference Works
- Introduction to the Bible
- Jesus' Ministry
- Life of Jesus
- New Testament
- Old Testament
- Parables
- Prophecy
- Sermon on the Mount
- Ten Commandments
- The Lord's Prayer
- Controversies in the Church
- Alcohol
- Arts
- Bible Translation
- Covenant Theology
- Creationism
- Education
- Gender-Neutral Language
- Law and Gospel
- Lordship Salvation
- New Perspective on Paul
- Politics
- Race
- Sabbath
- Spiritual Gifts
- Women in Ministry
- Marriage and Family
- Divorce
- Parenting
- Practical Theology
- Discipleship
- Evangelism and Missions
- Grief and Death
- Pastoral Ministry
- Preaching
- Worship
- Spiritual Growth
- Anxiety and Worry
- Apostasy
- Assurance
- Conscience
- Depression
- Doubt
- Fellowship
- Godliness
- Guilt
- Humility
- Joy
- Knowing God's Will
- Legalism
- Love
- Money and Stewardship
- Oaths and Vows
- Prayer
- Pride
- Repentance and Forgiveness
- Sanctification and Growth
- Service
- Spiritual Fruit
- Suffering
- Thankfulness
- Vocation
- American Church History
- Ancient Church
- Biography
- The Byzantine East
- Eighteenth Century
- Enlightenment and Modernism
- Historical Theology
- Medieval Church
- Nineteenth Century
- Puritanism
- Reformation
- Seventeenth Century
- Twentieth Century
Revival & Repentance: From Cluny to Simeon
In the ninth century, Christian civilization had almost been destroyed in western Europe by the Norse invasions. Unlike today's benign neo-pagans, Vikings were ferocious, skull-cracking warriors who burnt down churches, slaughtered clergy and monks, and raped nuns. The tenth century, …Read More
The Revolution Demands Unconditional Surrender
Now that the moral revolutionaries are solidly in control, what is to be demanded of Christians who, on the basis of Christian conviction, cannot join the revolution? The demands have now been presented, and they represent unconditional surrender. In a …Read More
The Revolution That Enslaves
What's the most significant revolution we've ever experienced in the United States? I imagine most Americans would say it was the American Revolution, which marked the beginning of our existence as a country. Some might make the case that it …Read More
The Rhythm of Life
Sometimes work seems futile and miserable; sometimes we might not have work; and sometimes we might not want work. In other words, there are times when there is no rhythm to our vocational life but only monotonous and persistent dreariness. …Read More
The Right Balance
One of the first things we learn about work is that we are to regularly stop doing it (Gen. 2:1-3). The creation account of Genesis 1 culminates in the Lord's setting aside His creative labors in order to rest. That …Read More
Righteous Freedom
The early sixteenth century witnessed a reformation regarding the role of Jesus' goodness and faithfulness in redemption. But moments such as these — moments of clarity — rarely last that long. Within a generation, the righteousness of Christ was forced …Read More
The Right Kind of Freedom
They were truly delightful. Probably in their late fifties, recently retired, just relocated to Franklin, Tenn., to be closer to their grandkids. They started attending the church several months earlier and had just expressed excitement about participating in the upcoming …Read More
Right Now Counts Forever
It was Augustine who argued that every sin is a failure to love ordinately. Sin is the result of either loving something more than we ought or the result of loving something less than we ought. We are to love, …Read More
Right Now Counts Forever
The following article first appeared in the May 1977 issue of Tabletalk magazine. This column's title, "Right Now Counts Forever" is designed to focus attention on the relevancy of our present lives to the eternal destinies we all face. We live in …Read More
The Right to Be a Christian
Moral revolutions require legal revolutions. This is certainly the case with the sexual revolution and its various causes of sexual liberation. A revolution is only complete when the legal structure aligns itself with a new moral understanding. This alignment is …Read More


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If you're gadget fans like we are, all of this digital content creation leads us to need more places to store the stuff we're making.
A quick guide to Network World's favorite gifts
Fortunately, storage options continue to get less expensive, and more creative. Who would have thought you could wear a storage drive on your wrist? For these and other options for storage, we proudly offer our picks from the 2012 Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide.
[ FREE DOWNLOAD: The law of unintended storage consequences ]
Note: Products are listed in no particular order or preference. Prices are also rounded-up estimates from either the product's website or Amazon.com. Better deals may be offered online during the holiday season.
Prices range from $15 (2GB) up to $24 (8GB)
The MOH Band provides USB flash memory storage for users, but instead of a hard plastic stick that can be easily lost in a bag or pocket, it's on a flexible silicone wristband (think of those Livestrong bracelets). The MOH Band comes in at least 34 style/color options, and you can even have bands that are customized for groups or businesses.
The size of the bands are aimed to fit a student's wrist - for adults this may cause for a tight fit. The units we tried had 8GB of storage, more than enough room for documents, photos or even a bunch of songs (video files might fill up the memory quickly). Smaller storage sizes are also available (2GB and 4GB).
In addition, Memory On Hand donates 10% of its profits to Scholarship America, so buying this as a stocking stuffer can help provide educational opportunities for the less fortunate.
- Keith Shaw
Die Cast Metal AutoDrive USB flash drive
$15 (for 8GB)
I'll probably never be able to afford a Porsche 911 Carrera S, but I can own a 1:72 scale version of the car and get 8GB of portable storage at the same time.
The AutoDrive series of die cast metal cars are quite awesome - they have the look and feel of old-school Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars, but a slider switch on the bottom can pop out a USB port from the back of the car, letting you insert it into a free USB port on your computer for data storage transfer.
Another cool feature - the headlights on the car light up when the car is connected to the computer, and they blink whenever data is being transferred. If you're not a fan of the Porsche, you can get an AutoDrive that looks like a red Volkswagen Beetle, a white Audi R8, a yellow Lamborghini, a silver Aston Martin or a red Mini Cooper.
At only $15 a pop, these will make great stocking stuffers, and you can tell your gift recipient that you bought them a brand-new car for the holidays. After the joke/shock wears off, they'll still have a great 8GB USB flash drive.
- Keith Shaw
Seagate Backup Plus portable hard drive
$130 (1TB model, Mac version)
Seagate recently changed the branding of its GoFlex portable hard drives to something more simple - the name of the product basically says what it does. In the case of the Backup Plus for Mac, the USB-enabled portable hard drive provides backup functionality for users of Macintosh computers.
The GoFlex nature of connectors, where users can switch from a USB port to something that's faster (in this case, a FireWire 800 adapter or Thunderbolt adapter), still exists, as long as you're willing to purchase those adapters separately. If you're fine with USB 2.0, then just plug it in to your Mac, and the drive will automatically mount to your system. Because this is a Mac product, the system will ask if you want to use the drive for Time Machine backup purposes. You don't have to do this, but it's nice that it can.
The "Plus" side of Backup Plus is a feature that allows you to save Facebook photos to the drive. You can download what you've already put up on the social networking site to the drive, and the software (downloaded separately from Seagate) will also automatically download any new photos that you upload. It's a cool feature that can help protect digital photos that end up being uploaded from a smartphone to Facebook, for example, without going through a PC.
Other than that it's a pretty basic portable hard drive. The 1TB of capacity should be more than enough for most people (unless you have a budding videophile on your holiday list). Backup and storage isn't usually the sexiest holiday gift, but just like we all used to receive socks and underwear in our stockings, think of this as the "socks and underwear" of technology gadgets.
- Keith Shaw
Being mobile often means sacrificing security for the benefits of convenience and ease of use, but there's no reason these need to be in conflict. We see this in the Addonics CA256USB CipherUSB - a dongle pass-through that essentially encrypts the contents of any USB device plugged into it.
How does it work? Simple. Plug a USB storage device (memory key, hard drive) into the CipherUSB, and then plug all of this into your PC (Mac software is also available). The first time you do this you'll be asked to create a security key; after that, the process is transparent. The OS will see the drive as unencrypted, but all data traffic to and from the USB storage device is encrypted in real time by the CipherUSB.
Thus, anyone getting a hold of your storage device will find it useless (encryption is 256-bit AES) unless they have a CipherUSB and your security key. Yes, this is two-factor authentication and encryption, and at a bargain-basement price!
You can even cascade CipherUSBs for even more security if you'd like (you'd have to be pretty paranoid to do that, but, hey, it's possible). One quick note - this is very important - you really need to store the CipherUSB device separate from your target drive, as there's no real-time authentication here. Someone finding both together will be able to read your data, so you've been warned.


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Honey and Honeys
As another new year rushed in, I used the benchmark to update my "bucket list." In reviewing what I want to do before kicking the bucket, I categorized some of the remaining items (see notes above).
My fingers are crossed—again this year—that in perhaps just a few months I'll be able to eliminate that last item on my bucket list. However, there is something I can cross off a bucket list; it just isn't my bucket list. Last year I inadvertently helped someone achieve something on theirs.
Spring of 2011, before I knew if my bees would ever make drop one of honey, a groom-to-be asked if I could sell him honey in jars for use as wedding favors.
I sell a bit of honey to raise money for my late husband's two favorite charities—Loaves & Fishes, and Meals on Wheels. Optimistic, I said sure I could supply the wedding favors. It was Spring; and hope springs eternal for beekeepers when blossoms emerge.
I then wandered about the apiary, begging my dozen hives that if nothing else, would they make the 300 ounces needed for Zach's wedding, still several months away? They buzzed in response. I took that as a "yes."
The bees delivered, bless their tiny little hearts. June and July were filled with the beyond-words-glory of extra golden honey for Zach's wedding and all my other friends and neighbors who have come to rely on me for nature's perfect candy.
Zach's parents dropped off their honey containers for filling in early August. When I met Zach's Mom, the delightful Debbie, she asked many questions … beyond the usual "so, you keep bees?"
I had planned a few hive checks that afternoon. Sensing a real interest, I asked if she'd like to put on a spare suit and meet the insects responsible for her son's wedding favors.
Debbie got goosebumps, and then those goosebumps got goosebumps of their own. She said getting close with bees was something that had always, always, always been on her bucket list. She'd be thrilled.
I'm an emotional sort, so I also got goosebumps. Plus, I love working bees. Doing so with someone who also really wanted to work bees? Wow. Deb and I were buzzing like all the other critters in the apiary with mutual excitement. I was probably doubly excited. It's always great to have an extra pair of willing hands when lifting hive bodies in August.
My extra bee suits are my sized (Amazon-esque), Debbie is not. Even with several layers of goosebumps, she was swimming in the bee suit, or rather—floating. Her smile was as broad as a 10-frame deep body.
As if sensing our fascination, the barely bothered bees hummed happy tunes while we popped the inner covers and admired them. "You are SO beautiful," murmured Debbie, totally enthralled.
I will embarrassingly admit that it took me a couple of seconds to realize she wasn't talking to me.
Our hive checks went smoothly, with nothing unusual found—although, like most beekeepers who love bees and beekeeping, finding "the usual" in a hive is not only something to be relieved about, but is still absolutely marvelous. A happy hive in August is one of the most fragrant, vibrant, active, marvel-at-the-organization things you'll ever be blessed to witness.
But, there were even more blessings, like the August 11th wedding of Zach and Mary, and the generous contribution to Meals on Wheels I was able to make because of it. The wedding favors were beautiful … almost as beautiful as the bride and groom.


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Did you think most clean energy technology is locked up by patent holders? The Global Innovation Commons lists thousands of energy-saving technologies already in the public domain.
Two environmental groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Clean Air Act to cap carbon dioxide at 350 parts per million.
Solving the "It's Not My Problem" problem. A psychologist on what keeps us from coming to terms with the climate crisis.
Cap and trade is one of the main climate change "solutions" under discussion. In a new nine-minute film, Annie Leonard, creator of The Story of Stuff, offers a warning about what she considers the dangers of cap and trade.
Rich and poor countries are in this together. If either fails to step up, the planet is in trouble. A climate deal must take into account the Global North's responsibility for nearly 70 percent of greenhouse pollution and the Global South's need to move out of poverty. The North must cut back sharply on emissions while the South leapfrogs over the industrial age to clean-energy prosperity.
Money, think tanks, and the scientists-for-hire behind the doubt and denial.
Low-carbon living isn't a sacrifice. Colin Beavan says it's the good life.
More and more neighborhoods are making the transition to a climate-friendly community. Has yours?
In Copenhagen, the question of climate equity will be contentious. But communities in the Global South aren't waiting for an international agreement. They are turning to sustainable, climate-friendly solutions to address a problem they did little to create, but must nonetheless help to solve.
Kumi Naidoo is building a global movement to force world leaders to adopt a binding agreement on climate change. He is executive director of Greenpeace International and chairs TckTckTck, a global campaign for climate action.


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Emma Stone And Andrew Garfield Are An Item
What started as an on-camera romance on The Amazing Spider-Man set turned into a real life romance of sorts. Us Weekly reports that Emma Stone is cavorting with co-star Andrew Garfield. A source told the magazine that "they got close during filming and have been hooking up."
PHOTOS: Emma Stone And Andrew Garfield Shoot The Amazing Spider-Man
The new couple have been keeping their budding love affair under wraps since Garfield split with Raising Hope's Shannon Woodward in May (Stone broke up with Kieran Culkin last fall). However, at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards June 5th, the two were spotted flirting (Garfield sat one row behind Stone). At the after party, Stone looked elated to see her co-star and chatted with him for a good twenty minutes. "They haven't gone public, but he's told his friends," said the source.


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Breaking Bad Reunion?
Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul have reunited to promote the Emmys.
In a six-minute parody, the Breaking Bad co-stars play Buzz and Randy Jackson of Barely Legal Pawn. Julia Louis-Dreyfus visits the shop looking to pawn her Emmy to buy her own island. Check it out below.
The 66th Primetime Emmys airs Monday on NBC.


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Mullaney Completes
Memorable Century
Featured News | 6th May 2010
Steven Mullaney marked his Nottinghamshire LV= County Championship debut with an unbeaten century to establish a slim first innings lead but Hampshire's patient scoring rate in the second innings has made a draw the most likely result.
Sat on 177-4 overnight, Hampshire, understandably keen to end their five match losing streak in all competitions, have enough batting left to avoid defeat and didn't seem prepared to setup a declaration given their approach on day three.
"Hampshire won't be in an especially confident frame of mind having lost their opening matches so a draw would represent a reasonable return for them and that's the most likely outcome now," said Nottinghamshire Director of Cricket Mick Newell.
"We bowled with good control and Samit's spin was useful at one end with the seamers chipping away at the other.
"We'll take the new ball after the first over tomorrow and the first hour will be key for us if we are to push for a result."
Mullaney's 100 was the undoubted highlight of the day for Newell and the ambitious all-rounder would have had more to celebrate but for dropped catches at slip and short extra cover off his bowling.
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Thursday, 7 October 2010
36 comments:
I'd have to say no.
Normally, I'm a "take them on regardless and hope I win" kind of lass, but in today's climate of fear and job-losses, I'm rapidly becoming more cautious.
- 7 October 2010 at 15:30
Nope, don't do it. If someone takes it upon themselves to grass you up, then deal with it at that point - why draw attention to yourself. LAS has made itself way overstaffed with all the new SPs, why risk being someone they feel is causing problems...
- 7 October 2010 at 15:46
- Percy The Black Cat said...
Nope-no way-no how.
If you make your ID official, then your brass will have an official meeting. And who knows where that could lead. I'm sure it would be a lot of posturing about department image and protecting the service and yadda yadda yadda. It'll be another political game, and they will try to control it.
For this and other emergency type blogs I read, I don't need to know exactly WHO you are, and WHERE you are, I am reading to learn, understand, relate etc to the POINT of your post.
I'll get off my soap box now.. :)
- 7 October 2010 at 16:05
Nope, and I won't identify myself as your sibling either.
- 7 October 2010 at 16:12
I'd err on the side of caution: unless you can think of a concrete advantage to shedding your relative anonymity, I can't think that making yourself obvious to management as a blogger is a particularly good idea.
- 7 October 2010 at 16:15
- molliemallone said...
I'm sure everyone on the planet knows who you are... Josh from Casualty right?!!?
- 7 October 2010 at 17:07
- Just Me said...
Hmm... I would say no. If they come to find out you can always deal with it then. But until then, I'd probably be inclined to leave it alone.
- 7 October 2010 at 17:15
I would most definitely not. Anyone who wants to can find it out by putting in a little effort, and then you're still not throwing yourself out there for any trouble that might come from it.
- 7 October 2010 at 17:22
- Michael said...
It's an interesting question... I think if you have satisfied your own questions in the post, then do you really need to fear it... would you benefit from releasing your identity?
I would like to know who you are personally :-)
I suppose Brian Kellett would be the one to ask...
- 7 October 2010 at 17:23
- Eileen said...
Or Mark at medic999. After all, he's been there and done the I'm me and got the bosses on side - at last.
- 7 October 2010 at 17:48
- chaosandcontrol said...
No. Once revealed, you can never get your anonymity back again.
- 7 October 2010 at 17:48
I'm Spartacus!
A resolute no. What would you stand to gain by officially outing yourself?
Don't be conspicuous; it draws fire.
- 7 October 2010 at 17:55
- Steve'nLubbock said...
Anonymity is everything! So what if some figure out your ID? Denial keeps you at a 'respectable distance' in answering to authority, so keep it anon.
- 7 October 2010 at 18:09
No, absolutely not. The anonymity, however small it actually is, is something to use to an advantage. Once you reveal yourself, as others have said, who knows what your bosses might do? 'A true magician never reveals his tricks' :) Dr Abuse
- 7 October 2010 at 18:10
- Dan said...
I'd say no as well - and I never comment, just read ;)
I've seen several Paramedic/EMS type blogs reveal themselves only to vanish, or change how they blog in general (ie, conforming to standards set, not writing what they actually want).
Good luck with your decision :)
- 7 October 2010 at 18:31
A definite NO!
It is one thing for people to speculate and believe but totally different for it to be official.
As many people have already said there is a lot of fear in the service at the moment, I would hate for you to become another statistic or notch on a managers belt.
Even if people unofficially know who you are they are able to turn an official eye away from you but as soon as you place your name at the top of this blog they will have to take notice, be that for ill or not.
- 7 October 2010 at 20:03
No, no, no.
- 7 October 2010 at 20:05
Don't write anything that would get you in trouble if 'the management' made the connection. But don't make the connection explicit either. What possible good can come of it?
- 7 October 2010 at 20:22
- medic blog said...
Funny you should be writing this, I stopped blogging a while ago due to this very same question, but as yet haven't made my mind up.
The problem that I have is that I have taken up a new post within the Ambulance Service and it would be only too easy for them to use my blog against me despite not saying who I am....
....I would be interested to see what you decide.
- 7 October 2010 at 20:39
- medic999 said...
Right then, where to start.
As everyone else has said, what are the benefits to be had by losing your anonimity?
The only one I can think of is to be known and associated with a top class blog. Being able to represent your service as a high class, professional health care professional (even if they dont want to be associated with you!). If you are annonymous, you cannot do some of the other more visual types of media that may come your way.
As far as i can tell, you have only ever wrote one or two posts which may be frowned on by your service and even those were not deflamatory to the service, just providing an opinion.
Ultimately its up to you. As others have said, even though some may know who you are, you can still protect yourself by saying you never intended the wider public to find out. And lets not forget that you have one thing that I didnt have....Your service have allowed Random Acts of Reality to exist for years even though they know who writes it and how out spoken Tom can be times. A precident has been set and it would be very interesting if they tried to stop you when they never stopped Tom.
I dont think that has helped, but there you are.
Whatever you decide, we will all still be here.
P,s remember that the only person you NEED to listen to is Mrs Insomniac Medic, right?
- 7 October 2010 at 21:07
Not worth the risk!
The Skipper
- 7 October 2010 at 21:52
I think its awful that people such as yourself have to be concerned about getting screwed over by management for reflecting on your experiences and letting people into the world of our very bizarre job. It's also pretty hypocritical considering from the moment we enter training school, it is drummed into us that writing reflective assignments is the most worthwhile self study we can do.
I enjoy knowing who you are as I can picture you at the jobs you talk about. However if the big reveal to everyone else ends your blog, then I only have six words. DON'T DO IT! We need you!
- 7 October 2010 at 22:18
- Joe said...
I'm not sure, I'm leaning towards a "no" really.
At the moment, the junior managers all have plausible deniability.
"We have no idea who InsomniacMedic is!".
Once your identity is out there, as another poster said, they're forced into having a meeting about it and discussing it at length.
That's not necessarily a bad thing, and they mey well approach it the same way as Random Acts, but at the same time, there's every chance that they could just tell you to shut it down, or worse!
You have little to gain, apart from associating your name with the blog, which will get you some free press, perhaps enable you to speak at some conferences as "Yourself, The Insomniac Medic". It depends if that matters to you!
- 7 October 2010 at 22:28
- Wayne Conrad said...
Don't ask, don't tell. So to speak.
- 7 October 2010 at 22:43
- Unlimited-Unscheduled Hours said...
No, No, NO! It is honorable to consider, but those who will assail you have no honor.
- 8 October 2010 at 01:06
- Tom said...
I'm inclined to agree with Unlimited-Unscheduled Hours.
In short, No!
- 8 October 2010 at 10:20
Unlimited-Unscheduled Hours raises an interesting point with honor.
Is there more honor in standing up and taking ownership of what you have said, for good or ill. Or to remain anonymous with greater freedom to educate and help those who read your blog?
I know you to be someone who is willing to take 'the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune'and I suspect you feel slightly dis-honorable by not reviling yourself.
Sometimes I believe there is more honor in doing something good from the shadows. You will know that any criticism is aimed at you and will treat it with due consideration, irrespective of whether it is aimed at Insomniac or your name.
Whatever you decide you should take pride in what you are doing with this blog. It is excellent.
- 8 October 2010 at 11:20
- Jamrock said...
I am not EMS/999 but I know who you are, what you look like, etc through the power of connected friends. I guess you are never totally anonymous if any one single person knows the name you write under.
I think the ambiguity is probably better for many reasons.
- 8 October 2010 at 11:39
- Dave said...
This is a tough decision, and not one to be take lightly.
One of the things that makes the blogosphere so powerful is the potential for anonymity. It can free people to express how they truly feel about topics without worrying about repercussions. Of course, there are those who see that as a bad thing and there are abusers out there, but I tend to think the majority of anonymous bloggers are actually just doing that as opposed to having ill intentions.
Revealing your true identity can also be quite freeing if having an alias, and keeping it secret, suddenly becomes an obsession. It also provides you with the opportunity to benefit from your blogging activities through professional recognition and occasionally maybe you'll write something that will inspire someone, and you'll get a free cup of tea and a crumpet.
I do disagree with a few other comments made, such as once you lose your anonymity you lose it forever. That's entirely not true. Should you decide go public there are two ways of doing it, either reveal yourself as Insomniac Medic or create a whole new blog under your real name... a fresh start so to speak as you. Sure with the second option you lose the Insomniac Medic branding, but you can always revert back to it if real name blogging becomes too intense. Or, for that matter, you can just create a new blog and a new identity. There are options.
The one thing I do totally agree with though is that the only person you NEED to listen to is Mrs. Insomniac Medic... and of course yourself.
- 8 October 2010 at 15:39
- The Explorer said...
I would take it from a different perspective than most people seem to be writing about.
If a number of colleagues know who it is and, by what you've said about the newbie "spotting" you, it's likely that others do too, and that may already include some of management.
Instead of waiting to be outed, why not pre-empt by having a meeting with management and saying "this is me, but I won't be making it official unless forced to, but just to make you aware". Or something along those lines?
- 8 October 2010 at 16:00
Lets weigh up the pros and cons of revealing your identity - start with the pros.....................................
oh, there are none.
Problem sorted.
- 8 October 2010 at 16:56
- nathan trent said...
As an Asst Practitioner just starting out on the rocky road of blogdom, I would answer your question with a question.
Can you be 100% certain, that if you told the management your real identity, they would ALL be behind you?
If YES................go for it!
If NO..........keep on blogging!
Good luck with your decision
- 8 October 2010 at 18:42
- RapidResponseDoc said...
Wow!! 32 comments, and now the 33rd. I'm impressed!!
As an "anonymous" blogger, whose identity is well known by most, I feel a certain kinship to IM. Everyone knows who we are, so sod it, let's just come clean. Well, althoughthey all know who RRD is, all know who IM is, we don't actually acknowledge any of it. We both change details to protect the innocent patient whom we serve, and yet, the information is still out there, however garbled and corrupted by our storytelling it has become. It's all just too risky. Not just from Management, but from patients as well. If I reveal, publicly and officially, who I am, then I am opening the door to revealing the identity of one of my patients. And that's far more important to me than anything else.
Do, if someone asks me if I am RRD, I just smile.
Keep up the good work, IM, both here and out there!
- 9 October 2010 at 13:48
- Michael Morse said...
The truth will set you free!
You are what you write, why be anonymous? Being a bit of a ham and self described egomaniac with an inferiority complex, I can't imagine not taking credit for something I wrote, even if it's not very good.
But seriously, you have a gift. It's just not right that you have to stay anonymous. I've read this blog for a while, nothing but great things.
- 9 October 2010 at 17:09
Wait until you leave the service. Not a moment before.
- 10 October 2010 at 10:20
No. Not even worth the risk.
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This is a discussion on Heat and a Gun? within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; This may sound like a crazy question but can anyone tell me if you are in a place that you have to leave your gun ...
This may sound like a crazy question but can anyone tell me if you are in a place that you have to leave your gun in your car for an extended period of time and the temp is very hot, can this cause ammo to discharge and does the heat effect your gun?
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I am a civilian employee in a jail at my local police department, and we are not allowed to carry weapons while working. I leave my gun in the car. Though our past couple of summers have not been very hot (90's max temp mostly), I have never had this happen. Hopefully it never does. It has spent 2 summers in a hot car and nothing like this.
On the other end of this spectrum, will cold affect they way a gun would function if left in the car during the winter?
Unless the car were in a fire, it couldn't get hot enough to fire cartridges or melt your Glock. I once measured the temperature on the dashboard of a car sitting in the hot Oklahoma summer sun, looking for the max, and recorded 168 degrees Fahrenheit. I bet it would require, oh, 451 degrees to damage your pistol or ammo.
I'm pretty familiar with cold. I suggest you remove all traces of oil and then lube with Rem Oil or similar. Then you're good to go in 40 below.
Up here a hot car is prolly stolen.
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Our troop in Iraq carry weapons in much hotter conditions that are encountered here at home, and have no known problems with ammo going off from the heat. I know you can throw rounds of ammo in camp fire and they will go off, but I have never heard of rounds going off in from overheating in a closed up car in the sun.
I seem to remember a similar question being asked a while back and one of our Phoenix members said no problem. There aren't many places hotter than PHX, so I'll add my +1 to the "No" group.
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During the extreme heat of the summer here, the temperature in my closed vehicle exceeds 130 degrees. I have left my 1911, Glock, SIG and S&W guns in that heat all day and never had any issues, even when the metal of my weapon was too hot to hold!
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take a look at this Mythbusters putting guns in the oven:
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Yes, ammo can self-ignite if it reaches a high enough temperature. This is not a problem with in your car on a hot day (not hot enough), but can be a problem in fires.
Ammo igniting outside the gun's chamber will not launch the bullet anywhere, but the brass case will explode and send shrapnel about. Not deadly, but might cause injury.
Ammo in a gun that is loaded can ignite and will fire the round normally out the muzzle. Very deadly.
Quality modern firearms work great in the cold! CPL is highly recommended and is rated to colder temps then most of us will ever see. Note: if you take a very cold firearm and place it somewhere warm and damp (like next to your skin or inside your tent camping) you may get liquid water condensation on the firearm. If you were to then go outside, the condensation can freeze causing malfunctions. Not much of a problem for concealed carry, but a problem for hunting in freezing conditions.
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Heat won't make the ammo go off or damage the gun (think about the temps involved when you're firing it), but it can cause deterioration of the powder in the ammo. Thats why it's recommended that ammo and powder be stored in a cool, dry place.
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The temperature inside a vehicle will not get hot enough to cause ammo to discharge.
As to damage to your gun. It shouldn't cause any serious problems. Metal and polymer parts should be fine. Rubber parts shouldn't be affected either. Plastic parts, such as some grips, may warp from the heat. Biggest problem the heat will cause is a breakdown of some lubricants. If your lubricant gets runny you can end up with parts with little to no lube on them and areas with excessive lube. Not to mention the mess they can make on a leather holster.
From what Mythbusters and High School science taught me, it should be just fine. I'd avoid leaving it in direct sunlight(not that it'd cause anything to go off), but then again, who leaves a gun out in the open?


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