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Small world, small talk, big fire |
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Written by Laura King
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July 21, 2008
It’s a small world. I know this, because over the weekend I was standing in our neighbourhood butcher shop when the woman next to me asked the butcher for the best and easiest-to-cook cut of beef. He recommended New York strip loins, and she ordered 12. I ordered two of the same from the other gentleman behind the counter, at which point the woman asked me if the steaks would be good done on the barbeque.
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The value of online learning |
July 16, 2008
I wonder what it would sound like if you handed a Stratocaster to
someone who was a real whiz at Guitar Hero and asked them to play for
real. Probably not too great. The game may be fun but it is not a
realistic test of the theory and skill behind actually playing an
electric guitar. So unless the gamer is also an accomplished guitarist
I wouldn't be expecting any Pete Townsend power chords.
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More notes from the MFCA |
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Written by Laura King
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July 14, 2008
Still with the Maritime Association of Fire Chiefs conference - which wrapped up last Wednesday with a banquet of planked halibut thanks to the wonderful folks at the Conquerall Bank Fire Department, and some wildly entertaining Newfoundland jokes – the wrap-up sessions on apparatus by FDNY’s Mike Wilbur were something all 250 chiefs in Lunenburg’s HB Studios theatre (where they make PlayStation games!) aren’t likely to forget.
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Notes from the MFCA |
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Written by Laura King
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July 9, 2008 Lunenburg, N.S. – It’s been an interesting few days here at the annual convention of the Maritime Fire Chiefs Association.
At Monday’s opening ceremonies, just hours before the world famous Joggins fossil cliffs were declared a UNESCO World Heritage site, the mayor of Lunenburg (this historic fishing town is also a UNESCO heritage site) delivered a speech to the assembled chiefs.
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A prayer for rain where the wildfires burn |
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Written by Laura King
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July 4, 2008
Between travel and magazine commitments, not to mention the daily care and feeding of various corners of the web site that take time, I’ve let blogging slide down my list of priorities.
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FlashPoint blog |
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Written by Peter Sells
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June 18, 2008
I was in a discussion recently about how we often look outside the fire service for examples of leadership. This is not a bad thing by any means. To ignore the outside world would omit the lessons of the majority of the greatest leaders history has produced. Mohandes Ghandi, Henry Ford, Martin Luther King Jr. and Benezir Bhutto were not firefighters, for example. And since I’m in Gravenhurst, Ont., as I write this, I can’t forget Norman Bethune, another accomplished non-firefighter. But the gist of the discussion was that by looking outside, we have had a tendency to neglect our own history. I resolved to make a list of fire service leaders who could serve as examples to be studied and emulated.
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Flashpoint blog: Incensed over defaced memorial |
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Written by Peter Sells
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May 14, 2008
I am incensed, almost beside myself in disgust and bewilderment at the defacement of the Ontario Firefighters' Memorial at Queen's Park. To call the act cowardly is a gross understatement. In contrast with those whose names grace the memorial, this heinous act of vandalism is made more infantile by comparison. Whatever grievance someone may have with the government of the day, to abuse the memories of ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives for the betterment of their fellow Ontarians is perverse.
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Poll, RIT challenge and floodwaters |
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Written by Laura King
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May 9, 2008
We hope Ontario fire marshal Pat Burke is recuperating well from last week’s hip surgery. This tidbit ought to give him a bit of a boost: a whopping 81 per cent of respondents to our survey on the home page of the firefightingincanada.com website believe that those without working smoke detectors should be charged when fire causes death.
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