More and more retailers seem to have novelty lighters on their shelves. These are the lighters that are made to look like other things. Perhaps you’ve seen them. Unfortunately, they often look like shiny, plastic toys and they become of huge interest to curious children.
In the hands of a child a lighter [...]
Recent research by the Home Safety Council finds that most U.S. families are not acting on home safety recommendations and initiatives. Only one-third (or roughly 36%) are able to name an action they’ve already taken. More than twenty-six percent state that they are not worried that an injury might happen in their home.
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I’m going to reserve comment just yet on this tragedy. I am still a bit overwhelmed by the news and just want to let people know that this has happened.
NPR Report - Blaze Kills 9 Firefighters in South Carolina
CNN Report - ‘Tornado of Flames’ kills 9 firefighters
WIStv, Columbia SC report: Nine Charleston Firefighters Die [...]
In SONY BMG v. Merchant, in California, the defendant’s lawyer wrote the RIAA a rather stern letter recounting how weak the RIAA’s evidence is, referring to the deposition of the RIAA’s expert witness, and threatening a malicious prosecution lawsuit. The very same day the RIAA put its tail between its legs and dropped the case.
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Jamendo, the free music community, has distributed freely and legally more than one million albums using the popular peer to peer technology BitTorrent. The music is Creative Commons Licensed and is coming from everywhere in the world. Support these artists !
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Four large radio station owners agreed to pay $12.5 million to resolve claims that they accepted cash in exchange for playing songs.
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Yesterday afternoon, after 46 hours of a no-sleeping, no-sitting whirlwind of a weekend at the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) overalls announced the practically incomprehensible total to be donated to the Four Diamonds Fund, an unprecedented record-breaking philanthropic total of money raised — $5,240,385.17
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Sony BMG has decided to dip its toes into the world of podcasted music with its recent agreement with marketing agency Rock River Communications Inc., making it the first (and only, for the time being) major music label in the US to license music for podcasting.
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Television news reporters are blaming a local fire department’s use of volunteer firefighters for poor response times during an emergency. One commentary states that people need to be prepared before a fire happens. Often, people that die in fires die long before the fire department even knows there is a problem. Proper [...]
Here is an article that I wrote for my agency newsletter, and several other blogs, as commentary about recent reporting on a local fire department’s response times. I think it important that we put things in persective should we be approached with the same questions and criticisms. We can look at things on an administrative [...]
