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Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Cesar R M said:
I think they mean in the way that US citizens calls their country "America".
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I can see that, but, that is not the sense that I think about it when it comes to people that were here before Europe decided it was free land to just come and take over. That applies to both the U.S. and Canada as well as any of North or South America. We all live in the America's. It's one word with more then one definition. The U.S. has the official name "United States of America". The official name has never been America, that was bastardized by the residents. Since shortened to "merica". There are a boat load of countries in Africa and no matter what country you live in, you are considered African.
There are a boat load of countries in Europe, but, all are considered European. We as a nation are so totally possessive that we are unable to see beyond our own borders.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Cesar R M said:
yaaay! this means I'm not completely useless.. yet!

cheers!

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StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
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ratherbeinwdw said:
I am stunned that professor said what he did. Has he been living in a bubble? He could have contributed to the harm of his students if there had been a shooter. He should be fired. To say that a few years ago may have been overreacting, but not today. No one ever thinks it will happen at their school. But, it happens, and in the last places you would expect it to happen. I'm sure the school has a set policy on what that teacher should have done, and I guarantee you, it wasn't to ignore the warnings they took the time to send out.
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No, this professor should not be fired. Ever. He's an accounting professor. I now tutor accounting and am sure he's the only professor who knows what he's doing. He did go over and lock the door. Besides, we were also in the top corner of the building, so if there had been a shooter, we would have heard something before the shooter ever got to that room. His reaction was more to keep us calm than anything.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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MinnieM123 said:
Unfortunately, those scenarios can happen anywhere. Working in a huge hospital complex, we're trained in all kinds of situations. I recall a few years ago when they first introduced Code Silver (active shooter) guidelines for staff. In an actual Code Silver situation, an immediate call goes out from hospital police & security, to all (armed) law enforcement in the area: SWAT, MA State, Boston & close-by cities, Transit, and even any Fish & Game, to immediately come to the hospital command center. They very quickly dispatch groups of 4 officers in teams to locate and end the situation (by whatever force needed). Those first teams are not there to answer questions or give advice to people in the hallways, etc. Team 2 groups are the officers who are assigned to do that; they immediately follow behind the Team 1 groups. They way the whole thing is set up, if a Code Silver goes out on dispatch, there can be well over 100 officers there within just the first few minutes alone. (Hospital staff is continually updated via pagers, phones, overhead announcements and computer messages.)
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This year our school adopted a new policy for if there is a shooter in the building. The old plan was to lock our doors, and hide quietly in the corner. New plan: lock the door, barricade it, and escape out the window if possible or escape out into the hallway and outside if we don't hear immediate shots. So basically new plan just do anything besides hide in the corner.

I always hated the old plan of just hiding in the corner like sitting ducks. Plus there isn't that much room to "hide" in my room, especially when I had 36 kids in my room. My plan all along was to escape whatever way we could and take all the kids to the public library which is a block away. I figured the library is always open during the day, all the kids know where it is, and it is connected to the police station, a good rendezvous spot for kids and parents. I've told my husband for years that the schools plan was dumb the school just finally caught up to my way of thinking.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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FutureCEO said:
In 8th grrade, we had physics day were we went to Riverside (now called Six Flags NE). It was fun and educational. Imagine that. Apparently they don't do field trips anymore. :eek:

In 10th grade, we blew up gummy bears and shaved balloons. Chemistry. Hard class but best teacher I ever had for science.
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The shaving balloons thing would make me nervous, I hate the sound of balloons popping. How did you blow up gummy bears? I do an experiment with my 7th graders in which they test what will happen to gummy bears in different liquids. They always want to eat them, so I have extras for eating so they don't eat the tested ones.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Goofyernmost said:
They are flavorless pieces of cardboard wrapped up in a candy wrapper and sold as a food product. ;)
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Dude, up here we call them "chocolate bars".
And Coffee Crisp is wonderful. In fact, when I buy the Nestle Hallowe'en packs, I eat them in the following order:
Mini Coffee Crisp, Mini KitKat, Mini Aero, and when everything else is gone - Mini Smarties.

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ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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JenniferS said:
Dude, up here we call them "chocolate bars".
And Coffee Crisp is wonderful. In fact, when I buy the Nestle Hallowe'en packs, I eat them in the following order:
Mini Coffee Crisp, Mini KitKat, Mini Aero, and when everything else is gone - Mini Smarties.

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Okay dumb question...do these coffee crisp bars have a coffee flavor to them?
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
ajrwdwgirl said:
Okay dumb question...do these coffee crisp bars have a coffee flavor to them?
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Very mild. They actually taste an awful lot like KitKat, but not divided for sharing; which makes them even better.

My dad always used to hand out candy here while Hubby and I took the boys out trick or treating. He would immediately lay claim to at least half the Coffee Crisps before he started, and then all the ones left at the end of the night. :)
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
No
JenniferS said:
Very mild. They actually taste an awful lot like KitKat, but not divided for sharing; which makes them even better.

My dad always used to hand out candy here while Hubby and I took the boys out trick or treating. He would immediately lay claim to at least half the Coffee Crisps before he started, and then all the ones left at the end of the night. :)
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Mmm...no thanks. Even mild coffee flavor is still, well, coffee. I will stick to M&Ms. And Three Musketeers, my favorite chocolate bar.:hungry:
 

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