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And just in case you love politics and hate politicians, here is a politician praising or bashng site.Leo C Thas Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811067475986199545noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648696362456680894.post-27611320621364439962011-05-01T00:38:00.001-05:002011-05-01T00:38:00.413-05:00Mail Bag<b><u><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />Where to Go During an Earthquake</span></span></u></b><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing</u></span></span> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><u> in a doorway? Well, forget it! This is a real eye opener. </u></span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>It could save your life someday.</u></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><b><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE </span></span></b></p> <p align="center"><b><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ON 'THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE'</span></span></b><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />My name is Doug Copp I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI ),</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> the world's most experienced rescue team.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">from many countries.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years, </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">and have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">except for simultaneous disasters.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> during the 1985 earthquake.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> Every child was under its desk</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">They could have survived by lying down</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> <span style="font-size:180%;"><u>next to their desks in the aisles.</u></span></span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><u> It was obscene -- unnecessary.</u></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> these objects, leaving a space or void next to them - </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><u>NOT under them</u></span>.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> the probability that the person who is using this void for safety</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> will not be injured. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">count the 'triangles' you see formed. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see,</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> in a collapsed building.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><b><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY</span></span></b><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when building</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> collapse are crushed to death. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">People who get<span style="font-size:180%;"><u> under objects</u></span>, like desks or cars, are crushed.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">You should too in an earthquake.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> It is a natural safety/survival instinct. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">You can survive in a smaller void. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a bed, next to a large</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> force of the earthquake.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> Brick buildings will break into individual bricks.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">simply roll off the bed.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> A safe void will exist around the bed. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">of the bed during an earthquake.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> collapse is killed. How?</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> In either case, you will be killed!</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />7) Never go to the stairs.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> The stairs have a different 'moment of frequency' </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">(they swing separately from the main part of the building). </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">They should always be checked for safety, even when the</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> rest of the building is not damaged.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />8) Get near the outer walls of buildings or outside of them if possible - </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> building</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> Nimitz Freeway.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">of their vehicles. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">They were all killed.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />Spread the word and save someone's life...</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />The entire world is experiencing natural calamities, so be prepared!</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />'We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly'</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul ,</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> to film this practical, scientific test.</span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"> We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">Ten mannequins did 'duck and cover,' and ten mannequins </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">I used in my 'triangle of life' survival method. </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble </span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;">and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.</span></span></p> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;color:#1f497d;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 9.5pt;"> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></p></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: Save your life with "The Triangle of Life"</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /><br /><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />"Triangle of Life": </span></b><br /><br />Without listening or reading, simply by looking at the following</span></span> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> self-explanatory photos, you can learn more than in a thousand </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">words about how to protect yourself during a major earthquake...<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#1f497d;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><img alt="A06F3B857C18451F94ED3F43BF761C5B@hind6d9d292b3a" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=d0d6ec1666&view=att&th=12f2d6f5caa3d440&attid=0.5&disp=emb&realattid=ff3315ed2c7f0081_0.1.1&zw" height="361" width="480" /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#1f497d;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><img alt="C5D07A406B5D4462862FA90DA6CF53F6@hind6d9d292b3a" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=d0d6ec1666&view=att&th=12f2d6f5caa3d440&attid=0.2&disp=emb&realattid=ff3315ed2c7f0081_0.1.2&zw" height="198" width="518" /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#1f497d;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><img alt="B644EADD1F4A41C8BC160EF5C9BF4E48@hind6d9d292b3a" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=d0d6ec1666&view=att&th=12f2d6f5caa3d440&attid=0.8&disp=emb&realattid=ff3315ed2c7f0081_0.1.3&zw" height="175" width="400" /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#1f497d;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><img alt="EAEFDEE2CA2E410182FB74D5648793A9@hind6d9d292b3a" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=d0d6ec1666&view=att&th=12f2d6f5caa3d440&attid=0.9&disp=emb&realattid=ff3315ed2c7f0081_0.1.4&zw" height="332" width="500" /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /><br />If you are inside a vehicle, come out and sit or lie down next to it. </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">If something falls on the vehicle, it will leave an empty space</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> along the sides. 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font-family: "MS Mincho"; font-size: 13.5pt;" lang="ZH-CN">)</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:MS Mincho;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: "MS Mincho"; font-size: 13.5pt;" lang="ZH-CN"></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">is said to be the World's most experienced rescue team </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">and disaster management-mitigation organization.</span></span></p>MaryEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04474872444014299240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648696362456680894.post-16801241331509444662008-01-08T14:43:00.000-06:002008-01-08T14:45:09.605-06:00पॉलिटिक्स ऎंड पोलितिसिंसLeo C Thas Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811067475986199545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648696362456680894.post-10530368807156201572008-01-08T13:39:00.000-06:002008-01-08T13:55:26.606-06:00For My Western Swing FansAdolph Hofner: Born June 8, 1916, Moulton, TX.<br />Died June 2, 2000 San Antonio, TX<br />Adolph Hofner and His San Antonians<br /><br />Adolph was still playing and wowing audiences in San Antonio, TX, almost to the day of his demise, although his health had deteriorated somewhat Hofner became, in his own words, "a confirmed Hillbilly" after listening to Milton Brown and His Brownies and he continued the Western Swing tradition for over 50 years.<br /><br />The original San Antonians consisted of Adolph's brother Emil; Leonard Seago (formerly with the Tune Wranglers); Bert Ferguson, and Floyd Tillman, who later became a well known songwriter. During WWII, as with the other bands, some of his best men went into the Armed Forces. Still Hofner was able to find such replacements as former Tune Wrangler Eddie Duncan and Leonard Brown. He also began adding Brass players (fiddlers were becoming scarce).<br /><br />In 1945, when WWII had ended, Hofner moved to California where the band was employed on the Foreman Phillips Country Barn dances for two consecutive years. It was during this period that the band recorded their hit tunes "Sagebrush Shuffle" and "Alamo Rag" for the Columbia Label. In 1949, the band returned to San Antonia, TX where they were employed by the Pearl Beer Company, and called The Pearl Wranglers, who at one time used both of Adolph's daughters as singers and drummers.<br /><br />During his long and illustrious career, at one time or another, he was called "The Dean of Country Bandleaders," "The King of South Texas Swing", "The Sultan of Swing", and "The Prince of Polka". Once, he was even billed as the "Bing Crosby of Country". <br />Some combinations seem quite improbable. Who could have predicted that Lisa Marie Presley would ever marry Michael Jackson? Or that Pat Boone would release a heavy metal record album? And who would imagine that a mixture of Bohemian dance music, '30s style swing, polka tunes, and country hoedown rhythms, with a touch of Hawaiian influence, could provide the basis for a successful career? Well, we don't have to imagine it, because a man named Adolph Hofner once conceived of that very thing and executed it so successfully that he remained popular in South Texas for more than 50 years. Outside of Texas he is best remembered, as a pioneer of "Western Swing."<br />Adolph Hofner was born into the Texas Czech-German community and recorded not only hot Western Swing, but also mellow "heart songs" as well as old Czech polkas and waltzes, many actually sung in Czech! Over the years his smooth vocals led to a sometimes billing as the "Bing Crosby of Country”. But Hofner was so versatile that at one time or another, he has also been called "The Dean of Country Bandleaders", "The Sultan of Swing", "The Prince of Polka", and "The King of South Texas Swing". Who is this man who inspired such an enthusiastic following?<br />Adolph Hofner was born in Moulton, Texas, a small Czech community in Lavaca County between Houston and San Antonio. His mother was Czech, his father German and Czech. Czech was his first language, and polka music the sound of his youth. As a boy he attended Bohemian dance halls and listened to "oom-pah" bands. The Hofner family moved to San Antonio when Adolph was 10 years old. Thereafter he was exposed to many different styles of music, among them the recordings of Hawaiian string groups who, after experiencing a short-lived wave of popularity in the late '20s and early '30s, left the steel guitar as a legacy to country, bluegrass, and rock 'n roll music. Hofner said: "That's what got me started on string, Hawaiian guitars."<br />Adolph and his younger brother Emil both learned to play stringed instruments at an early age, starting when they ordered a ukulele from a catalog. When the mailman delivered it: "We like to broke the ukulele before we got it into the house fighting over it." By the early 1930's Adolph and Emil were taking guitar lessons. Adolph learned the guitar, while Emil concentrated on the steel guitar. Hofner listened avidly to such artists as Jimmie Rodgers, Bing Crosby, and Russ Colombo -- even Rudy Vallee. Then he heard Milton Brown and his Brownies. "Now that's what sold me on western music --because they had a band." The Hofner brothers played in San Antonio clubs when and where they could. Adolph can remember playing at an outdoor dance for the princely sum of 50 cents. Eventually, the brothers teamed up with a fellow named Simon Garcia; forming a trio they called "The Hawaiian Serenaders." It was with Simon Garcia that Adolph learned "Maria Elena," later to become a big recording hit for him.<br />After a time the group landed a 15-minute Sunday radio spot on KTSA. The boys were only half way into the program when the radio station cut them off the air. Adolph was so disgusted that he almost gave up the music business. Elsewhere in San Antonio, a man named Jimmie Revard had been fronting a little combo and was looking to put together a professional group. Revard heard the Hofner brothers at the Monte Carlo Inn and was taken by Emil and his steel guitar work. The boys were still teenagers, so Revard hired Adolph as well, being afraid that the younger brother wouldn't come along otherwise. The group took the name "Oklahoma Playboys" to distinguish themselves from Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.<br />The Hofners first recorded with Jimmie Revard and his Oklahoma Cowboys at the Texas Hotel in San Antonio on October 22, 1936. That's Adolph in the little color picture with his guitar in the center of the Jimmie Revard group. Brother Emil is shown seated with the guitar across his lap. Jimmie Revard is second from the left. <br />At one time the "Oklahoma Cowboys" actually relocated to Oklahoma, but the Hofners ultimately left the group to return to San Antonio. Again Adolph considered giving up music. He accepted a position as a mechanic in San Antonio, but this job lasted only three weeks. He didn't much care for the work and missed playing his music. In the late '30s Hofner went to work for Tom Dickey and The Showboys, with whom he recorded "It Makes No Difference Now," a tune, with Adolph's vocal, that led to a rise in his popularity. The Showboys had a little radio spot and Hofner was fired from the group for being late to the studio one day. Thereafter, forming his own group and being his own boss seemed like the thing to do.<br />By 1938 "Adolph Hofner and All the Boys" were performing around San Antonio and other parts of South Texas. The "Boys" entered the recording studio on October 25, 1938, under the name "Texans" so that the record-buying public would know where they were from. When it turned out that someone had a copyright on that name, the group changed its name to "Adolph Hofner and His San Antonians". A recording session on February 13, 1940 produced Hofner's recording of "Maria Elena," a big enough hit to insure a successful career. In 1941 another session produced "Cotton-Eyed Joe," Hofner's version of which was something of a national hit; indeed, he may have been the first ever to record the tune.<br />As with many other groups, the personnel changed over the years. The group (shown below) that recorded at least 7 numbers at the February 13, 1940, session included: <br /> <br />• Adolph Hofner -- Guitar and Vocals <br />• Emil Hofner -- Steel Guitar <br />• Leonard Seago -- Fiddle <br />• Johnny Reeves -- Fiddle and Drums <br />• Bert Ferguson -- Piano <br />• Buck Wheeler -- Bass <br />Hofner remained regionally popular throughout the 1940s and 50s. During World War II the similarity of his name to Adolph Hitler caused the sort of discomfort that can easily be imagined. But performing as "Dolph" Hofner & the San Antonians he enjoyed a few good years playing for Foreman Phillips out in California. In the 1950s the band came under the sponsorship of the Pearl Beer company and the "Boys"/"Texans"/"San Antonians" became the "Pearl Wranglers." <br />Over the years Adolph and his boys recorded for many labels, including Imperial, Columbia, RCA, Decca, and Sarg. The repertoire included not only Western Swing, but also a wide variety of other popular styles and themes. With all due respect to Bob Wills, Adolph Hofner can also lay claim to a share of the credit for pioneering and spreading the popularity of Western Swing from Texas to California and around the world.<br />A changing marketplace and age had forced Adolph Hofner to slow down in his last years, but he also begun receiving increased recognition for his accomplishments. Among the honors and awards bestowed to date: <br />• Member of Country Music Hall of Fame --Nashville <br />• Recipient of the Encore Award--Texas Music Association <br />• Member of Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame <br />• Member of Texas Polka Music Association Hall of Fame <br />• Member of Washington Western Swing Hall of Fame <br />• Member of Country Music Association of Texas Hall of Fame <br />• Recipient of Western Swing Society Hall of Fame award <br />• Song "Green Meadow Waltz"-- Library of Congress <br />In his final years, Mr. Hofner was sought after for interviews by college professors, students, and authors, as well as TV and radio personalities, all seeking to get a first-hand story from a country music legend. Adolph Hofner died on June 2, 2000, at his home in San Antonio, Texas, just a few days short of his 84th birthday.Leo C Thas Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811067475986199545noreply@blogger.com0