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Written by Peter Sells
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May 8, 2008
"Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you." Alexander Graham Bell was one of the greatest visionaries in history but when he said those first words into his mouthpiece I doubt he could have conceived of the communication technology that has evolved in the 130 or so years since. I am sure of one thing, however: he knew exactly what his telephone was, how it worked, how to use it properly and what it was capable of. The same cannot be said, I suggest, of many people today. As technology becomes more complex it simultaneously becomes more susceptible to snafus and more mysterious to those not directly involved in its development. In the last couple of years, technical problems at Research in Motion made headlines when they temporarily knocked out BlackBerry service, and BlackBerries only became available 11 years ago. Before that, nobody had even heard of the things. | READ MORE
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Written by Brad Lawrence
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 May 7, 2008
Can you remember the last time you completely changed your workout? The last time you changed the style, tempo, loading time and loading direction of weight in your program? One major mistake we make is letting our routine become far too redundant, to the point our body adapts. You can make one very easy change without having to have knowledge of different training styles and when to use them. That change is incorporating eccentric training. Stay with me. It’s not as complicated as it sounds.
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Written by Tim Beebe
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Tim Beebe, the fire chief in Upsala, Ont., looks at the lighter side of firefighting in his Spontaneous Combustion column.
May 7, 2008
The hazmat technician squinted through the blizzard and sized up my crew. “Are you qualified firefighters, or are you just volunteers?” he asked.
With a quick glance over my shoulder I said, “We’re qualified volunteers.”
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Written by Peter Sells
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April 2, 2008
First of all, some statistics recently released by the U.S. Fire Administration reflect very favourably on residential sprinklers.
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Written by Tim Beebe
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Tim Beebe, the fire chief in Upsala, Ont., looks at the lighter side of firefighting in his online column, Spontaneous Combustion.
March 12, 2008
“So, how many volunteers do you have on your department?” the helpful traveler asked.
He had been doing first aid when we arrived at the single vehicle crash.
“Today, we have two,” I said grimly.
“Two?”
“The other eight are out of page range.”
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