BOSTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Liberty Mutual Insurance, one of the nation’s leading home and auto insurers, is today celebrating America’s firefighters by announcing the recipients of its National Firemark Award. Lieutenant Michael Cosgrove of Selden, N.Y., is this year’s honoree of the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award for Heroism and Fire Fighter Michael McLeieer of Merrimac, Mass., has earned the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award for Community Service and Public Education Continue reading
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NASA says space station's batteries safer than 787's
NASA officials are confident lithium-ion batteries due to launch to the International Space Station in 2016 will not overheat like the batteries that grounded the Boeing 787 Dreamliner earlier this year. File photo of the International Space Station Continue reading
International Space Station to get 787-style batteries
NASA is pressing ahead with a plan to install lithium-ion batteries on the International Space Station (ISS), New Scientist has learned. Continue reading
Freedom Flotilla: Lake Eyre to West Papua
Freedom Flotilla: Lake Eyre to West Papua 11 April 2013 Uncle Kevin (Kev) Buzzacott, a Peacemaker from Arabunna Nation at Lake Eyre in South Australia and Jacob Rumbiak (exiled Foreign Affairs Minister from the Federated Republic of Occupied West Papua) have announced a new action of creative resistance against the apartheid of colonisation and destruction caused by multinational mining companies on Indigenous land in Australia and West Papua. The Lake Eyre to West Papua Freedom Flotilla is a journey that hopes to reunite the history and peoples of a land that was once geographically and culturally connected. We were one people, we still are one people, we must uphold our cultural connection, the old land is calling us, proclaimed Uncle Kev, Arabunna Elder Continue reading
FIRE GARDEN -CRY FOR FREEDOM – Video
FIRE GARDEN -CRY FOR FREEDOM FIRE GARDEN official web site http://www.firegarden.net/index.htm. Continue reading
Readers respond: Should beaches ban age-old rings of fire?
Fire rings remain a tradition for many Which came first, the concrete fire ring or “Beach Blanket Bingo?” I would have to say that the concrete fire ring came first. When I was a teenager in the 1940s, that was one of the special events on the weekends – going to Castle Rock and having a “weenie bake” and making s’mores! The fire rings were called old-fashioned campfires. It was all innocent fun in those days with no mishaps of excessive drinking or being loud, obnoxious or starting fights. Continue reading
Naked sunbathing outlawed on Fire Island's longtime nude beaches
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tanlines are here to stay on Fire Island, where New York State law prohibiting naked sunbathing will be enforced on longtime nude beaches that were stripped of their protective dunes by Superstorm Sandy. Banning nudity on the Fire Island National Seashore had been kicked around for years, but after Sandy and Hurricane Irene flattened the dunes, exposing beach views to the rest of the island, the National Park Service decided to act, chief park ranger Lena Koschmann, said on Wednesday. Continue reading
Fire! How the Mir Incident Changed Space Station Safety
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Jerry Linenger dons a mask during his mission on Mir in 1997. Continue reading
Liberty Videocon Gen Insurance eyes Rs 120-cr premium mop-up
Mumbai, Feb 25: Liberty Videocon General Insurance, the newest entrant in the general insurance space, is targeting a premium collection of Rs 120 crore by December 2013. Continue reading
Liberty Videocon insurance eyes Rs 120 cr biz in first year
Mumbai, Feb 25: Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company, a joint venture between Videocon Industries and Liberty Citystate Holdings, today started its operations and is hopeful of collecting a premium of Rs 120 crore in the first year, a top company official said. Continue reading
Brewster beaches closed – 16% without power
All beaches and town landings in Brewster are closed until the Natural Resources Dept. can inspect them but it is expected erosion is severe Continue reading
Lord of the Rings (Dubstep Rap by None Like Joshua) – Video
Lord of the Rings (Dubstep Rap by None Like Joshua) Download Instrumental: nonelikejoshua.com (upload a cover if you can!) Reddit: redd.it Thumbnail by Tuckersaurus Rex: halcyon-mothership.deviantart.com In celebration of the release of The Hobbit, I figured I would produce a remix for one of my favorite trilogies of all time. Saw the movies and read the books, so I had to do it. There's also the instrumental in the download as well Continue reading
Gas Line Explosion Destroys Five Home In West Virgina HD – Video
Gas Line Explosion Destroys Five Home In West Virgina HD Four homes went up in flames and collapsed in charred heaps Tuesday after a natural gas line exploded in an inferno that raged for at least an hour, melting guardrails and pavement on a swath of Interstate 77. Five other homes had extensive external damage, and several people were treated for smoke inhalation, but authorities said there were no fatalities and all residents had been accounted for. Weve been very fortunate, said Gov Continue reading
Inferno as ‘high as the hilltops’ melts interstate to a ‘tar pit’ after massive gas explosion HD – Video
Inferno as'high as the hilltops' melts interstate to a'tar pit' after massive gas explosion HD Raging inferno as high as the hilltops melts interstate to a tar pit after massive gas explosion At least five homes went up in flames Tuesday afternoon and a badly burned section of Interstate 77 in West Virginia was closed after a natural gas line exploded in an hour-long inferno. No injuries were immediately reported, but firefighters had just begun to reach damaged structures late in the afternoon after the intense flames kept them at bay for several hours Continue reading
ISS Earth time lapse – ‘Star Sail’ – Video
ISS Earth time lapse –'Star Sail' Earth time lapse footage from the International Space Station set to The Verve's'Star Sail' Original Earth video: vimeo.com Song: Star Sail Artist: The Verve Album: A Storm in Heaven Lyrics: Hello it's me, it's me Calling out I can see you Hello it's me, crying out, crying out Are you there? Hello it's me, it's me I want to touch you It's me throwing stones, from the stars On your mixed up world Been circling round for twenty years And in that time I've seen all the fires and all the liars I've been calling home for twenty years And in that time I heard the screams rebound to me While, you were making history I could see the fire And I'll throw the fire back downFrom:JaimelecocainViews:3 0ratingsTime:03:46More inMusic Continue reading
Inferno as ‘high as the hilltops’ melts interstate to a ‘tar pit’ after massive gas explosion – Video
Inferno as'high as the hilltops' melts interstate to a'tar pit' after massive gas explosion Raging inferno as high as the hilltops melts interstate to a tar pit after massive gas explosion At least five homes went up in flames Tuesday afternoon and a badly burned section of Interstate 77 in West Virginia was closed after a natural gas line exploded in an hour-long inferno. No injuries were immediately reported, but firefighters had just begun to reach damaged structures late in the afternoon after the intense flames kept them at bay for several hours Continue reading
Gas Line Explosion Destroys Five Home In West Virgina – Video
Gas Line Explosion Destroys Five Home In West Virgina Four homes went up in flames and collapsed in charred heaps Tuesday after a natural gas line exploded in an inferno that raged for at least an hour, melting guardrails and pavement on a swath of Interstate 77. Five other homes had extensive external damage, and several people were treated for smoke inhalation, but authorities said there were no fatalities and all residents had been accounted for. “We've been very fortunate,” said Gov. Continue reading
Beach Buggy Blitz for Android [In-App Billing cracked] Download – Video
Beach Buggy Blitz for Android [In-App Billing cracked] Download Free Download apk mod filesear.com An epic driving adventure from the makers of Riptide GP and Shine Runner. Drive your hot-rod beach buggy as far as you can into the uncharted depths of a mysterious tropical island! Swerve and smash through a gorgeously detailed and completely destructible world packed with Tiki statues, grass shacks, giant crabs and lava monsters. Continue reading
GROW in WINNIPEG Aerospace – Video
GROW in WINNIPEG Aerospace Winnipeg is home to the largest aerospace sector in Western Canada mdash;the third-biggest in the country. Continue reading
[Cyborg Plays] Little Inferno Indie Game – Burn ALL the… – Part 4 – HD – Video
[Cyborg Plays] Little Inferno Indie Game – Burn ALL the… – Part 4 – HD Congratulations on your new Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplace! Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. Stay warm in there. Continue reading