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By Janet Evans
Tuesday, Sep 23 2008, 04:51 PM
Another school shooting...Not a tragedy…a massacre.
This time in Finland. Today one student killed killed ten others, and then himself (of course, he turned the gun on himself; coward).
Of course, neighbors said he was “quiet.”
A masked student went on the rampage at a Finnish school Tuesday, methodically gunning down 10 people before turning the weapon on himself, a day after police quizzed him over a chilling YouTube warning.
Young women screamed as the 22-year-old shooter stalked the corridors of the vocational college in a ski mask and black outfit letting off round after round at helpless students before starting several fires, witnesses and police said.
The massacre in Kauhajoki in southwestern Finland was the country's deadliest school shooting and the second in under a year.
"I heard the sound of shooting and hysterical girls' voices. Then two girls came towards my room and said a weird man was shooting," Jukka Forsberg, the janitor of the school, told AFP.
"I went to see and saw a guy leaving a big black bag in the corridor and going into classroom number three and closing the door.
"I looked through the window and he immediately shot at me," he said, adding, "Thank God I was not hit! He fired at me but I was running zigzag. I ran for my life."
Forsberg said he heard "horrible screams of pain" as he raced out of the building. The shooter has been identified as a second-year culinary arts student Matti Juhani Saari.
Read the article HERE
Sure... there were advanced warning signs (a video).
I blogged last November about Terrorism in American Schools: The First of ALL Fears
It’s worth a second look.
Also, New Berlin is going to be installing high tech video equipment in their school district, just approved this past month.
I also blogged about schools using high tech video systems last November,
Smile Kids, You're On LIVE Camera.
An article came out last week in "Campus Safety" for educators that states there are between 2,000-3,000 camera "systems" out in the schools throughout the country right now. (Making the Leap To IP Video - A Safer Bet. www.campussafety.com (Sept/Oct 08).
Since Franklin Public Schools are so close to the House of Correction, with the threat of domestic terrorism (that includes from students), and whatever looms ahead from foreign terrorism, I think we need to keep this equipment in mind.
We are currently repairing our track again for $53,000 and have a renovation of the stadium/track in the future plans for over 2.5 million....
We just had a safety program on that track. Perhaps some safety equipment in the schools might be of benefit. Just a thought.
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By Janet Evans
Wednesday, Jul 9 2008, 06:40 AM
Peer-to-Peer file sharing networks such as LimeWire or Napster allow computer users to share data, music, or movie files between computers. You have to remember, copyrighted material is not legal to share with these programs, which severely limits file sharing.
I would think the average person is going to "file share" from home. First of all, while most computer connections are now faster with cable, it still takes time and bandwidth to do so. Plus you are allowing someone to link to your computer when you "share."
"Sometime late last year, an employee of a McLean investment firm decided to trade some music, or maybe a movie, with like-minded users of the online file-sharing network LimeWire while using a company computer. In doing so, he inadvertently opened the private files of his firm, Wagner Resource Group, to the public.
That exposed the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of about 2,000 of the firm's clients, including a number of high-powered lawyers and Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer.
The breach was not discovered for nearly six months. A reader of washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog found the information while searching LimeWire in June."
Like I said in my title...I could see a teenager doing this...
Read the article from the Washington Post
Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing Justice Breyer
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By Janet Evans
Monday, Jan 7 2008, 06:00 PM
Well, how can we ever forget the Don't tase me bro! escapade with Andrew Meyer, a student at UF (University of Florida) being Tased after asking John Kerry some questions?
There have been some pretty scary stories about Tasers. Some studies conclude that Tasers are lethal and can cause fatal heart rythyms.
In 2004, the first year the Milwaukee Police Department used Tasers, they zapped 105 people in the first four months.
Wisconsin does not allow the sale of Tasers or allow individual citizens to carry or own Tasers for protection, along with the following states, cities, counties and municipalities: New Jersey; District of Columbia; Hawaii; Massachusetts; Michigan; New York; Rhode Island; Philadelphia, PA, Baltimore County, MD; Annapolis, MD; South Bend, IN; and Howard County, MD.
Now to the real point of my story.
For the rest of the states that allow Tasers, woman (or men) may purchase Tasers that now come in 50,000 volts of hot Metallic Pink!
"The pink C2, which sells for $300 to $349, looks less like a gun and more like an electric shaver. It's lightweight, and its size allows it to slide into your evening clutch alongside your cell phone and iPod."
And it also comes in designer colors of Electric Blue, Titanium Silver, and Black for $310-320.00
Sounds like a deal to me!
The C2 can hit an attacker 15 feet away and works up to 50 times without having to be recharged. To see what those lucky ladies in other states can purchase, check it out at AllSpareTools.com
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