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Oh my god all those screen names? I remember those days!

nice...

I'm absolutely devastated. He was such an incredible guy. I talked to him less than a week ago, and he was doing so well...absolutely devastated. Rest in peace my friend. May we meet again outside of Texas!

Thought this was pretty good. Had to post it.

http://embracethis.co.uk/

I might just call him today and catch up.

A very good idea, might just do that too.

Just for you....

Your requested video

Taken me months to figure out where it had gone. Thanks Lone.

Lone, you've just reminded me why I get the big bucks doing what I do

Should the organizers of search and rescue operations charge those rescued?

Should the organizers charge fees from rescued people if those people did not take reasonable precautions to make their rescue easier?

I ask this because I had a great conversation with someone from Montana on a airplane over the billing question.

He adamately said that those rescues should be free

I disagree'd especially if that person did not take reasonable precautions like bring a Cell phone, a signalling device or some other way to be found. There are certain recommendations to all hikers and explorers that are universal and I think if those reasonable precautions were not followed then they should foot at least part of their bill of the rescue.

For those who are separated from their equipment and signalling devices due to a fall or injury then they should not get billed.

I'm sure all the SAR members of this forum will have opinions so chime away.

Listen, we bill for ambulance transport, we bill for extrication and we bill sometimes for even no-servicing patients, why not bill for the rescues of future darwin award recipients?

I hear yea and I agree, but who do you charge when most of the missions are for skeletons or other body searches that turn out blank. Nothing is charged locally, and they run strictly on donations. I'm not sure how you could measure or draw the line of who you would charge and who you wouldn't. My personal view on this, is this is providing a service. Regardless of the fact you called or didn't call for them, they had to come out. You don't provide free pre-hospital care if the patient itself didn't call do you? I call for charging regardless of the situation.

I won't post on here where I work and get this from first hand, but seeing students from ALL alberta programs, I will tell you up front, the worst students we have seen have come out of CCEMS.

Now what YOU specifically get out of the program, might just work great for you. People's opinions and attitudes about the place can vary so much. Conversations, rumors, exchanges, experiences with either the instructors, preceptors, student can really, affect your view on a program or school.

Unfortunately I have to stay bias free with who we work with, BUT I will also tell you right up front, some of the worst students we've seen and continue to see come out of CCEMS. I honestly have no idea as to the reason for it but it's been affecting practically everyone who's come out of there. Again, you might just turn out to be one of the lucky few who will turn out just fine.

Either wait, good luck with your choice and decision(if its not to late at this point).

I need your help! I just spent 20 mins trying to find this stupid video. Months ago someone posted an absolutely hilarious 911 video of this white guy who gets stabbed and calls 911- a pakistany "telemarketer" picks up and attempts to make him an account instead of taking his call as a 911 emerg call.

Can anyone help me where this video went?!

Wasn't sure if I was supposed to laugh, feel sorry, or what.. you decide

http://www.newschannel9.com/news/year-987196-old-christmas.html

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WTVC-TV) - A 4-year-old boy, beer in hand, is accused of stealing Christmas presents from his neighbors. It's a strange story, but also a sad one.

April Wright is 21 years old and is going through a divorce with her husband who is in jail. She says she is not sure how her 4-year-old managed to get out of the house, open a beer, and steal the neighbors presents from under their tree. Now she's just glad he's okay and says she won't let it happen again.

The child, Hayden Wright, was found around 1:45 am Tuesday, wandering the streets of his neighborhood. In a police reports, officers said he was wearing a little girl's dress and drinking a beer. The police report says the child had to be taken to the hospital to be treated for alcohol consumption.

April Wright said, "Biggest concern was him being out there, getting kidnapped, getting run over, the alcohol, having to have his stomach pumped."

Wright says she woke up that night at 1:45 am and panicked when she found Hayden was gone. She says she put safety devices on all the doors so her kids couldn't get out, but Hayden was able to break the safety device off the doorknob and get outside.

Once out, Wright says her four year old followed his father's footsteps and was found on Blue Spruce Road, drinking.

"He runs away trying to find his father," she said. "He wants to get in trouble so he can go to jail because that's where his daddy is."

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office report says Hayden rang the doorbell a few houses down and the neighbor answered, finding the child holding a partially consumeed 12-ounce beer.

Wright said, "He got it out of my father's cooler in the back and how he got it open I don't understand because it was one of those tab beers."

But it doesn't stop there. The report said Hayden then snuck into a neighbor's house through an unlocked front door, and stole five wrapped Christmas gifts. One was a girl's brown dress which Hayden was wearing when police found him.

"Going to the neighbor's house and taking their presents, very embarrassing," said April.

She admits she was not just embarrassed, but scared, and rushed to the hospital that night with Hayden. She said she tries to be a good mother and loves her son, but now feels like a failure.

"Kids do things like this and it's out of your control, you can do the best you can as a mother, everyone makes mistakes, it was an honest mistake," she said.

Wright did meet with child protective services today who told her she will get to keep custody of Hayden.

I find that pretty amusing. Shows you how much of an example mom mmust have been. How embarrassing.

That's sick, but if that is what it takes to get the message to people that one night of fun isn't worth a loved ones lifetime of sorrow, then so be it. I hope nobody had to take up the offer.

Good for them. Hope a lot of people heard about it and got a lot of discussion and thinking happening.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_airliner_disturbance

DETROIT – A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida's instructions, set off an explosive device Friday in a failed terrorist attack on the plane as it was landing in Detroit, federal officials said.

Flight 253 with 278 passengers aboard was 20 minutes from the airport when it sounded like a firecracker had exploded, witnesses said. One passenger jumped over others and tried to subdue the man. Shortly afterward, the suspect was taken to a front row seat with his pants cut off and his legs burned.

The White House said it believed it was an attempted act of terrorism and stricter security measures were quickly imposed on airline travel, but were not specified.

Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. Others had slightly different spellings.

One law enforcement source said the man claimed to have been instructed by al-Qaida to detonate the plane over U.S. soil.

"It sounded like a firecracker in a pillowcase," said Peter Smith, a passenger from the Netherlands. "First there was a pop, and then (there) was smoke."

At least one passenger acted heroically.

Smith said the passenger, sitting opposite the man, climbed over passengers, went across the aisle and tried to restrain the man. The heroic passenger appeared to have been burned.

The incident was reminiscent of convicted shoe bomber Richard Reid, who tried to destroy a trans-Atlantic flight in 2001 with explosives hidden in his shoes, but was subdued by other passengers. Reid is serving a life sentence.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., ranking GOP member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit.

A statement Delta, which acquired Northwest, said, "Upon approach to Detroit, a passenger caused a disturbance onboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253. The passenger was subdued immediately and the crew requested that law enforcement meet the flight upon arrival.

"The flight, operated by Northwest using an Airbus 330-300 aircraft with 278 passengers onboard, landed safely. The passenger was taken into custody and questioned by law enforcement authorities."

The FBI and the Homeland Security Department issued an intelligence note on Nov. 20 about the threat picture for the 2009 holiday season from Thanksgiving through Jan. 1. At the time, intelligence officials said they had no specific information about attack plans by al-Qaida or other terrorist groups. The intelligence note was obtained by The Associated Press.

President Barack Obama was notified of the incident and discussed it with security officials, the White House said. It said he is monitoring the situation and receiving regular updates from his vacation spot in Hawaii.

There was nothing out of the ordinary about Flight 253 on Friday until it was on final approach to Detroit, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory. That is when the pilot declared an emergency and landed without incident shortly thereafter, Cory said. The plane landed at 12:51 p.m. EST.

One U.S. intelligence official said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.

The passenger was being questioned Friday evening. An intelligence source said the Nigerian passenger was being held and treated in an Ann Arbor, Mich., hospital.

All the sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.

The official said an official determination of a terrorist act would have to come from the attorney general. The official added that additional security measures were being taken without raising the airline threat level, but declined to describe them.

The White House was coordinating briefings for the president through the Homeland Security Department, the Transportation Security Administration and the FBI.

A law enforcement source said the explosives may have been strapped to the man's body but investigators weren't immediately certain, partly because of the struggle with other passengers.

One passenger from the flight was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice said. She didn't know the person's condition, or whether the person was a man or woman. She referred all inquiries to the FBI.

Passenger Syed Jafri, a U.S. citizen who had flown from the United Arab Emirates, said the incident occurred during the plane's descent. Jafri said he was seated three rows behind the passenger and said he saw a glow, and noticed a smoke smell. Then, he said, "a young man behind me jumped on him."

"Next thing you know, there was a lot of panic," he said.

Rich Griffith, a passenger from Pontiac, said he was seated too far in the back to see what had happened. But he said he didn't mind being detained on the plane for several hours. "It's frustrating if you don't want to keep your country safe," he said. "We can't have what's going on everywhere else happening here."

J.P. Karas, 55, of Wyandotte, Mich., said he was driving down a road near the airport and saw a Delta jet at the end of the runway, surrounded by police cars, an ambulance, a bus and some TV trucks.

"I don't ever recall seeing a plane on that runway ever before and I pass by there frequently," he said.

Karas said it was difficult to tell what was going on, but it looked like the front wheel was off the runway.

"We encourage those with future travel plans to stay in touch with their airline and to visit http://www.tsa.gov for updates," Homeland Security Department said in a statement.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has been briefed on the incident and is closely monitoring the situation.

The department encouraged travelers to be observant and aware of their surroundings and report any suspicious behavior to law enforcement officials.

Ridiculous. Funny the Government wasn't capable to stop him yet a regular gent did. Pathetic.

This world is really f*cked...hug your families tonight folks.

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/car+accident/default.aspx

Speaks for itself.

I'm giving them a pass on the backing. I'm sure they were pretty concerned about all the people running around out there, no matter how good they are at backing.

Not sure I would have done any better knowing who I had in the back.

How do they back into base?

I don't know but I bet you it wasn't Linda

My mom did sign me up for tickets tho obviously I continue to sit here...so I didn't get any. As for did I watch the memorial? YEP I did and not once, but twice as I wanted a family member to watch it, so I watched it again with family.

Thought it was well put together on the amount of time they had to do get it all done.

An interesting article. I have out of habit always taken my own BPs (as I've always trusted my skills more than that of a machine). There have been a few occasions where the BP I was getting from the monitor didn't seem to quite add up with the rest of my vitals and/or patient condition.

I wouldn't mind reading more studies on this.

That was hilarious. Thanks for sharing the video

"Forever" by Chris Brown

Granted. You are all locked in a laboratory having your DNA studied for being exact replicas of each other.

I wish I had the wisdom of Solomon.

Poof! your wish is granted but you are now wearing a robe, and.....

Wish I could be skinny

I didn't even read passed sentence Number 2. With my scope if CPR has been started, I have to keep going.

Whose???!!! It is important that I know right away so that I may confirm/agree with your assessment and offer any further advice.

OK IT WAS MINE ALRIGHT! (looks left and right changes pics from *everybody* to *only friends*)

On a serious note, it's really not news. It's incredible the stupidity of people these days. Even facebook. The profile info I have on mine wouldn't allow even the most up to date facebooker to know what I've been to that day, what I did yesterday and so on. There is nothing there. As for pictures, I have 3 albums? I believe, all of them of my bloody horse. Non of me, friends, co-workers, non of people.

To add onto that, there recently was, just a few weeks ago a huge thing on the news about the actual dangers of using a website such as facebook. There are hackers everywhere folks! why post your phone number??

I will admit I fell to, into that facebook circle but dude(s) you gotta be careful with that f'ing program. Its not really THAT good, not to the point to risk putting your info up.

Cheers!

When you thought it couldn't get any better :shock: