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(Spontaneous Unaffiliated Volunteer) As you may remember, I had the privilige of attending a national level prepardness and response conference Sept'06, including disaster response people from many states and with presentors from Florida and the mayor of Baton Rouge (who was incensed that his city... Sign in to see full entry.

I find myself whistling as I walk around at work, whistling as I wash dishes, and I just thought about the fact that I never hear anyone else whistle. Not aimless toneless exhalations or those shrieking two-finger shepherd's whistles, but playing a song by yourself with both hands busy and no... Sign in to see full entry.

I have been very involved in RL (Real Life), much less in SL (Second Life), and much more in a web forum for and by emergency medical people. One we were chatting with yesterday is 16, and some are about my age (yeah, we had the ambulances you stuck your feet out the bottom and ran to make go, and a... Sign in to see full entry.

"G'day, Thanks for the excllent article by Mr Martin Cruz Smith about Moscow. If there is an award category for this sort of polished yet informative article, you all richly deserve it. As regards the prospect of the Earth receiving yet another astrobleme, you open up the questions about how people... Sign in to see full entry.

All guys think about that "damsel in distress" like they see on TV or the movies. I was a fresh EMT-A graduate and had my brand new self-made kit in an ammo box, was off-duty from the FD, we were sitting down for supper when there's a knock on our aptartment door. A young lady in jeans and workshirt... Sign in to see full entry.

Not an economic injunction (necessarily) but one of the basic rules of confronting fire in the wild. Should you see a grassfire, do you run out ahead of it? No. If you are attacking it, unless you and your army or Cat 88 bulldozer can cut a fire line quickly enough to evade the flames and smoke, you... Sign in to see full entry.

Egalitarianism can go too far. I'm stuck with a triangle: RESPONSIBILITY: upgrade EMS response at my facility. AUTHORITY: none. INPUT: everyone. After advising them I am transfering, the following with the director:(Actually, an internal dialogue. The actual one was far less incisive and full of... Sign in to see full entry.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20080621/Zoo.Senior.Citizens/ I don't feel so alone about seeing my pets age. Sign in to see full entry.

" Racism is a stereotypical process ascribing traits and properties to people of a given "race". We may all remember that "race" is a term used differently by different people; notable is the use of the phrases "Aryan Race" and "mongrel races" and "Jewish race" by Nazis and other "White Supremecist"... Sign in to see full entry.

A coworker, military veteran of the Cold War and a peace officer now, sat his tray down and we watched a little lunchtime news. I mentioned the quote by Fatima Bhutto, niece of the late Benhazir Bhutto, that one of her aunt's secretary's called the Taliban in Afghanistan "our boys". and the fact... Sign in to see full entry.