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POPSMarin Urban Search & Rescue Team: Ready, willing, and able To paraphrase Firefly , "What's that make them? Big damn heroes! " More: They can't just roll the pipes off because its likely there will be so much debris in a real disaster that rolling will be impossible. Instead they inflate rubber and kevlar bags, sort of ultra-balloons. The bags are attached to an air tank and when inflated, can support a huge amount of weight ranging from two tons with the smaller bag to a mammoth 37 tons using the large bag! It takes about ten minutes to free the 'grateful' dummy. The collaborative training provided by Novato Fire District, Marin USAR and the State of California Office of Emergency Services, mirrors the collaboration in the field. When disaster strikes, multiple agencies respond and they need to work seamlessly together. That's why this type of training is so important.
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POPSHaving too much fun with Joss Whedon's Firefly I'd be lying if I did't say this but I've been having too much fun lately getting hooked up on Joss Whedon's cult classic, short lived 2002 'Firefly', all on Hulu.com. This show (just like his current Dollhouse) is one addictive mind candy! And watching it for the very first time is like someone watching Matrix for the first time. I mean, it's a once-in-a-lifetime type of experience, ain't it? I am really sorry if you're not in United States and Hulu doesn't work for you.
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POPSNative American Wisdom Quotes What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator 1830 - 1890 Go to the site, read some more, and listen. :)
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POPSJoss Whedon on women and violence - real and fictional This was posted at whedonesque.com in May, but I missed it at that time. It's an amazingly hard-hitting and heart-wrenching essay by Joss Whedon (he of "Buffy," "Angel," and "Firefly"/"Serenity" fame) regarding how the world views women, the scourge of misogyny and what we can try to do about it. I would *highly* recommend this essay to anyone.
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POPSBeautiful Beetles. No, not VWs. The beetles listed are generally found in Australia, some native, and some introduced. They are the most abundant of all insects, and play a valuable part in the breakdown of organic matter in the soil, and soil aeration. The varieties extend across the world, being active in the summer, and breeding and dying as the weather cools. The last picture of the Green beetle unlabeled is an example of a Stink beetle, which is a Ground beetle, or carab.
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POPSStarship dimensions Ever wondered how big a starship was? This site compares the size of science fiction space craft, to each other, and to every day objects. I didn't find the 'Enterprise,' but it'll be there somewhere.
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POPSSerenity HDDVD cracked and on bittorrent DRM will always be cracked, and it didn't take long for HDDVD to fall down. I wonder what these movies will compress down to when the community gets a hold of them. How amazing would it be to have HD quality movies on a single DVD?
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