does anyone have an opinion on the Station Fire trial?
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What is it?  I've never heard of it.
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I suggest you check with Underwriters Laboratory. They usually do the fire rating tests in the US.
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I don't agree with the verdict although I haven't followed it closly, I feel that one of the 3 did or know who did and feel that there is definaty some kind of internation corruption and code protecting the police officers. \n\nDefinatly has me worried about my own safety right now living in Milwaukee..
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I am not that old, but I remember this cropping up on the news from time to time.\n\nI would hope that the situation would have got more understanding. There is greater understanding of people with learning diffulculties and these factors are taken into consideration more often.\n\nHowever, the British legal system is far from flawless (just look at Deirdre Barlow!! - joke). One of the biggest shocks to post-war Britain was that its justice system was occasionally incompetent and that the word of a policeman was not always reliable - as in the cases of the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six.\n\nUnfortunately it all comes down to how skilfully the barristers argue their cases, what the witnesses say and the personalities of the juries. Although it is the best we have got, it is still all too hit and miss for my liking.
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Tweety you must get the one in Shrophire on that band.  I get 97.2 Beacon, Wolverhampton and Fresh & Jo from the breakfast show start  the RACE FOR LIFE (Jo always does it). Fresh done a firewalk a couple of weeks ago and they go to the bonfire at Himley Hall.  This Friday they are switching on the Christmas lights in Wolverhampton.  Send them an email or go to the studio.  BEST COMMERCIAL STATION EVER.
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But Smoking Gun editor William Bastone said that incident was really "as vanilla an incident as you will ever see."\n\n"The overall majority of contentions he makes in the book are not borne out by contemporaneous police records or by interviews we conducted with police and court officials in Ohio and Michigan," Bastone told Reuters in an interview on Monday.\n\nThe Smoking Gun's Web site displays the original police officer's report of the 1992 incident which shows Frey was found drunk in his car without a driver's license but did not, as he wrote, serve time behind bars for the incident or behave in the outrageous manner portrayed in his book.\n\n"He (Frey) was polite and cooperative at all times. He was later released on $733 cash bond," the police report from the October 24, 1992, incident concludes.\n\nAnd of Frey's claim that he was the subject of an FBI drug investigation while at university, Bastone published a police report revealing him as a bit player in a minor drug probe rather than the "outlaw" portrayed in his memoir.\n\n"In off-the-record interviews with us, Frey admitted embellishing facts in the book for dramatic impact," Bastone said, adding that Frey later backed off that stance and his lawyers have since threatened to sue.\n\nFrey also told The Smoking Gun during the course of three interviews before the article was published that he had sought to have his legal records expunged when his book was first published in hardcover in 2003, Bastone said.\n\nFrey's lawyer Martin Singer was not immediately available for comment. But in a letter to the Smoking Gun dated January 6 and published on the Web site, he called The Smoking Gun's assertions defamatory and threatened a lawsuit for millions of dollars in damages.\n\n"We do not expect to be sued," Bastone said.\n\n\n01/09/06 16:10 ET
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You don't know the facts of this case.\n\n1. He pulled pranks far worse than this in times past. Photos are available and posted and on the news of him doing horrible things like shaving the pubic hair off of other men.\n\n2. Days before the event he was playing volleyball. He kept saying "feed the dog" so they would set him up for a spike.\n\n3. They guys that did it were given one month off without pay.\n\n4. The gutless city council that approved it, even after seeing the pictures, still let it stand.\n\n5. Hazing like this is very common in the fire department. The stress is incredible, days of sitting around, bored, only to be called to a life threatening fire where you or your co-worker may die. The hazing is a way to deal with this stress and oddly, to promote bonding.\n\n6. Firemen are embarrassed and angry about the whole thing. It is nothing more than a scam for cash. The guy retires in one month. So he will get a nice life-long pension on the tax payer's back as well as a couple million. \n\n7. I think the 2.7 M payment should be stopped.\n\n8. He should be kicked from the fire department for behavior unbecoming to a fireman and lose his pension.\n\n9. He should be tried for fraud.
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Yep, and the Nurmberg trials alone had 7 freightcars loaded with affidavits documents and testimony supporting the holocaust... then came the real investigation.\n\nThe nay-sayers (anti-Simites) evidence so far comprises only a small bookcase full of tainted opinion.        \n\nSee (http://blog.myspace.com/gunnyrant)
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Myb god i found soneone beside me who loves court tv. no didnt see that one, most likely she going to serve the max and she going to die in  prison. That what they did to that guy who killed his mail in bride.
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Not personally, but the hospital i work at works extensively with them.  I would have no worries or second thoughts about entering one of their trials if that was my situation.  We actually use a few of their protocols here.  Hope that helps a little.  :)
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Contrary to popular belief, most agencies now scramble their radio transmissions and you may end up getting only the Fire department. \n\nAren't we terrible? \nWe have to keep the bad boys from hearing when we are coming for them.
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Check out your question dear.\nI have not heard about any firest..as a superlative for fire.\nDo you mean Fire company..it's in uk first time in 1812, when Sir edinburgh's a*s was on fire.
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i was a juror many moons ago and let me tell you it was a farce!\ni was approached by a defence witness and to cut a long story short she ended up serving 6 months. the girl didn't tell me anything i already know and yes she shouldn't of approached me, but i think she was desperate. she also had a 6 week old baby who was put into care for the length of her sentence. The reason for the confidentiality is so that outside influences don't cloud your judgement. the decision should be entirelly upto you, on whether you convict or not. i know that after the case my husband would've voted differently to me so if i had of talked to other people then i may of been swayed
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(Edit: Oops! Gave bad info..glad I double checked. It isn't the number of stations, but the number of times they call for backup. Ie: The situation is getting out of hand and/or is worse than expected.)\n\n"What is a multi-alarm fire? As in,"The fire was 3 alarms."\n\nIn simple terms it is how many times the fire commander, on the scene, has called for help.\nWhen a citizen reports a structure fire a predetermined response of firefighters and equipment is sent. This is usually something like: 3 Fire engines, a truck or two, and a battalion chief. Some cities will also send an MICU on the first alarm.\n\nIf the commander on the scene determines that more resources are needed he may call for a second alarm. This provides another predetermined response. This is usually slightly less than the "First Alarm". It might be two engines and a truck. Often a second Battalion chief is sent along with a district or assistant chief. Certain other support vehicles also might automatically be sent on the second alarm. Examples might be an R&R or Air filling vehicle. Subsequent alarms will get a similar response.\n\nA scene commander can special order any type or number of equipment. He might call for another truck or just for air. He might ask for several pumpers to fight a grass fire. It is not uncommon for four engines to be fighting the same brush fire. This does not constitute even a first alarm unless he stated, for some reason, that he wanted a first alarm response."
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Bravo!  I commend you for opening your eyes to the situation.  Prisonplanet should provide you with excellent links to great websites regarding building 7.  I also suggest watching "Loose change".  You can view it for FREE on Google video.
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I believe it was because the clothes were kept in the "bunk house" of the fire station. Could be wrong though.
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A nuclear power plant in San Andreo, CA has a cooling system failure and is in danger of exploding.  The Bartlett Administration takes control of the operation, and must balance trying to correct the plant's problems, secure the safety of the residents, and try to keep the nation calm.  One choice he must make is to vent radioactive gas into the air in order to lower pressure to avoid an explosion.  The Vinick and Santos campaigns must deal with the issue- Vinick  supports Nuclear energy and actually pushed for the plant to be certified 25 years ago.  Overall, I thought it was a good episode- much more focus on the White House, as opposed to the campaigns- like back in the day (seasons 1-4, mainly)\noh, or course, the plant is made secure, and everyone is safe, save for an engineer who died from radiation poisoning.