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Gearbox Isn't Working on Borderlands 3... But it Wants to be
Steven Bogos
1 POSTED: 28 Jan 2015 19:01
Gearbox's Randy Pitchford confirms that work has not yet begun on Borderlands 3.
These days, the name Gearbox Software has become synonymous with two things: the infamously awful Aliens: Colonial Marines and the Borderlands series. Some would even argue that Gearbox is Borderlands, and with the stellar Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel now behind us, many assumed work had already begun on a new title. However, Gearbox's man with the plan Randy Pitchford has told fans at PAX South that work on Borderlands 3 hasn't actually started, although he is keep to begin.
"We want to think about the future and we want to think about what the next Borderlands is and we're going to need some help," Gearbox Pitchford said. "The fact is, we're not working on a new Borderlands game, but we want to."
Pitchford went on to say how his company was in the process of actively recruiting new talent for the as-of-yet-unannounced new Borderlands game. "If you are in the industry and you think you can help us, we want you to help us. We want to get started on a new Borderlands game," he said, adding "There's literally nothing to tell, but we're ready to start."
For a bit more Borderlands news, Gearbox also announced the third DLC pack for The Pre-Sequel, which is called The Lady Hammerlock Pack and will feature Sir Hammerlock's older sister, Aurelia, as a playable character. It also teased a fourth Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel DLC pack which will involve "going in the mind" of Claptrap.
Well I hope they don't tbh, They have jumped on the small scale easy buck DLC bandwagon with the Pre-Sequel. What made Borderlands 2 such a great game was the brilliant DLC which made the season pass really worth it. With the Pre-Sequel they listed the season pass at £24.99 on steam which made it the most expensive SP I've ever seen but I and others thought if the DLC is of the same quality of BL2 then ok. What we got was a couple of boring arena's with waves of enemies thrown at you.
Where's our Sir Hammerlocks Big Game Hunt or Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep? and we thought Colonial Marines was a con job.
I wish they made less but bigger DLC.
I made the mistake to buy the regular borderlands 2 for the 360 and not the goty edition and the sheer ammount of things you can buy is staggering, desorienting and most definitely overpriced.
Still a great game though. I thought the pre-sequel was bad? According to totalbiscuit, borderlands 2 is the better choice.
I personally really enjoyed the Pre-Sequel, although I am Australian so that may be bias
harrisonmcgiggins
More sequels for safe money!
And less closure!
Maybe they can get hired to develop a completely different game, use it's budget to make another Borderlands, and pawn it off onto some other studio to build from start to finish in a few months.
Absolutionis
Borderlands games have taught me to never buy the base game and to simply wait for the complete version to eventually come out on sale. I rather enjoy the games, but the DLC for me is accomplishing the opposite of what they want.
gigastar
Ok so Pitchford came to PAX to announce that Gearbox is starting work on a new Borderlands title.
Is this some kind of new marketing ploy or did he just run out of things to say?
Steven Bogos:
Definitely so. I had the dubious benefit of an actual Australian to play with (EU-AU connections suck) and eventually most of the humor and references in TPS were going so far over my head that most of our running banter was being replaced by him explaining the joke and ranting about how shit your government is. And lag. Lots of lag.
P-89 Scorpion
So in other words Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel underperformed and Take-Two Interactive won't fund another one and after Duke Nukem Forever and Aliens: Colonial Marines no other publisher will touch them either.
Silentpony
10 POSTED: 28 Jan 2015 20:28
Its an actual call for scapegoats!
Come one, come all! Scapegoats needed!
Now you can know what its like to be blamed for a stagnant game failing to meet our inflated expectations!
Step right up here!
I truly pity anyone who applies for and get a job working on Borderlands 5(Its not #3! Learn to count, Gearbox!)
They need to stop the releases for a while, I'm already burned out of the franchise. They should work on new IP then maybe after that a new borderlands...
P-89 Scorpion:
I think it's more that they don't have another publisher's money to divert into a third game.
Korzack
I'm in two minds, Pre-sequel felt to me as much of a half-arsed cash-in as it sounded, with the hook of seeing Jack's decline not remotely interesting enough to justify another 40+ hour grind when I can just play 2 again, with better characters, fewer gimmicks and a higher general commitment to not just going "F it, That'll do", specially after seeing Jack's "decline" in cut-scene compilation videos and thinking "That's the big twist?". However, if Gearbox pulled out the stops for BL3 like they did for 2 (And maybe canned the internet meme references), that'd be interesting again. Same time, there's only so many times you can re-hash the same MMO-shooter style feel before it feels like old rope. Especially with how DLC-happy 2 was, which considering how Evolve's taken its own feet off with a bear-trap by going the same route, should Really serve as a warning if BL3 does get started.
Also, CAPTCHA: "Look Before Crossing" Oh, very sage.
Chester Rabbit
All it will take is a few licensed projects which they can then embezzle the development money from to get the third one rolling.
Paradoxrifts
I really enjoyed the first game, and while I played the second through to completion I just didn't enjoy nearly as much. So I didn't even bother picking up the Pre-Sequel. A big part of it was that they really tightened up and balanced the way gear was procedurally generated to make for a better overall multiplayer experience, which sucks for those like myself who were only interested in solo play and finding truly epic loot. Ah well.
karkashan
Well, if they're not working on the next Borderlands, we can be assured to know they'll hemorrhage money from their other projects to help fund Borderlands.
Strazdas
SO Gearbox decided to get out of business? because Borderlands is the only successful thing they actually made.
Jandau
Gearbox is a developer that managed to stumble on one popular concept, mostly by accident, and has been riding it ever since. Everything other than Borderlands that they put out (their early work aside) has been garbage. And Borderlands itself is mostly carried by its coop component. So at this point, Gearbox doesn't know what to do with BL - they can see that people are getting a bit tired of the same old, which was made evident by the somewhat tepid reception of the Pre-Sequel, but they haven't the slightest idea what to do about it. So now they're floundering about in general confusion...
Ishal
Jandau:
What's sad is that they got a hold of the Homeworld IP, and now I'll likely be giving them money.
Don't get me wrong, if they pull it off it's a good thing. Getting back into people's good graces, so to speak. Because honestly, they need to.
ACM, Duke Nukem Forever, Pre-Sequel, all trash. I never liked Memelands, it's just cartoony shit that doesn't even try to be funny or witty outside of the Reddit tier humor. If they don't end up making another game, it's probably a good thing.
Random Argument Man
Well...If Gearbox stops trying to pick up projects that were already a dying horse like Duke Nukem and Aliens: Colonial Marines, it might be able to do something worth its while...Hopefully...
Poetic Nova
Damn, the amount of people who actually enjoy TPS isn't much it seems. Personally loved it, and while not being Australian, I laughed more than I ever did during BL2 since TPS had less meme's and less Burch.
Jake Martinez
Well GearBox, that makes one of us.
Actually, I think the best solution for all parties involved is for GearBox to concentrate solely on making Facebook puzzle games for grandmothers. That way they will both be fulfilling their maximum creative potential and be someplace where I never have to hear/think about Randy Pitchford ever again.
Arnoxthe1
WEAPON BUILDING/CUSTOMIZATION!!!!
Gods, the core of it is actually already done for it too. You guys could TOTALLY do it. And there's no reason not too. So do it! Please?
I guess that means Gearbox just doesn't have a project lined up to divert money from. Magician Randy is going to have to brush up on his showmanship and deception to lure in and string along another sucker publisher.
Arnoxthe1:
We already have that technically, it is called Gibbed.
But what is the use of hunting for gear when you can slap your own together? It is the polar oposite of loot 'n shoot.
0takuMetalhead:
Simple. Because you still have to find guns to take apart and use. Better guns means better gun parts.
I'd buy the next Borderland in 5 years. This might shock the industry but annual releases dilute the quality of your game and burns customers out thus squandering the faith you earned with your first game. You know what we're ready for? Another Brothers in Arms game.
The thing is though, after you have the perfect gear there's no reason to loot more if you ask me.
Well there's more to building guns than just stats. More gun parts also means more variety in looks if you want to build/customize a weapon.
Dragonbums
30 POSTED: 1 Feb 2015 19:05
Gearbox will work on Borderlands 3 when another company like SEGA gets suckered into giving them money to make their game and they take all of those funds to do their own pet projects.
Vivi22:
You beat me to it.
Matt K:
That's what they are alluding to though.
Especially after Aliens Colonial Marines no outside publisher wants to hire them to make their games because they have shown that at first chance they will swindle the money you gave them to make their game, put it into Borderlands, and when they ask where their game is they shit out a piece of shit (A:CM) and the client company is the one that gets the most shit for it as opposed to the third party studio who fucked over their money.
32 POSTED: 21 Apr 2015 14:15
Pitchford did have a point. BL3 will be 'the big one', the game that willy make or break them. If it succeeds, we have a spectacular new Borderlands game. If it fails, Gearbox will most likely crash and burn. Unless they get Homeworld made in between and everybody loves it.
UltimatheChosen
The Pre-Sequel isn't quite as well-written as BL2 (although it's still good), but the gameplay is much better. The addition of zero-G and jetpacks is a massive improvement (far moreso than you might think), and all of the characters are a lot better designed than the BL2 ones.
Especially Athena, who is by far the most enjoyable character in any of the Borderlands games.


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I love their unique fonts, everyday phrases as well as traditional sentiments like Birthdays, Thanks yous etc.
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It is Transfiguration Sunday so it is all about the gospel story. All the other texts relate to it.
* The only definition of transfiguration in the dictionary is a reference to this story about Jesus. The word is long, odd and seldom used today. It would be possible, even wise, to explore this story without even using the word. If you do use it, display it on a poster before reading the gospel story, enjoy saying it aloud together and briefly explain how the word is used in your tradition.
* Willliam Willimon suggests that this story is meant to be savored as presented rather than to be explained. He insists that there are moments when we experience God's presence in amazing ways. These do not happen often, but are very special and often shape lives. So let the children hear the story literally and encourage them to expect to have such moments a couple of times in their whole lives. If you have stories of experiencing God's presence in amazing ways to tell, tell them.
* Before reading the story tell worshipers that it is about that something that was absolutely amazing to see. Instruct them to close their eyes while you read and try to see with their imaginations what the story describes. In an informal setting, ask after the reading, "what did you see?" In a more formal setting go to the next activity encouraging children (or all worshipers) to get what they saw on paper.
* The hymns based directly on this story are not very easy for children to sing. Instead sing hymns about Jesus' power and glory.
"Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" is filled with impossibly complex words that describe all the ways God is more than we can understand. Introduce it walking through the words in the first verse then inviting everyone to sing it enjoying all the words we can hardly know and the bigger-than-anyone-can-understand God they describe.
Immortal (God is forever, God never dies), Invisible (we can't see God), God only wise.
In light inaccessible (God is so brightly amazing that we can't see God) hid from our eyes….
"Fairest Lord, Jesus," on the other hand, is filled with concrete images and simple words to praise Jesus who is still more than we can fully understand. The final line links to the transfiguration saying "Jesus shines brighter; Jesus shines purer than all the angels heaven can boast." Point to it before the singing.
If you are going to bury the Alleluia next Sunday, sing "Come Christians Join to Sing" praising Jesus with repeated Alleluias. Even non-reading children can join in on the Alleluias. Present the Alleluia poster, explain what you will do with it next week, and display the poster throughout the service. Include lots of Alleluias in the rest of today's liturgy. See Burying the Alleluia for Lent.
* There are lots of examples of transfigurations in children's literature. Cinderella is seen for the person she really is with the help of her fairy godmother. Simba seeing his reflection in a pond realizes that he really is father's son and is meant to be the Lion King. There are others. Probably the best for preaching today is Fiona's transfiguration in Shrek. In a whirl of light and special effects the beautiful princess becomes an large, loving ogre. Similarly, in a flash of light, Jesus who has been revealed to be the son of God "sets his face toward Jerusalem" claiming his task of suffering love.
Just in case you need the details: Fiona was under a spell in which she was a princess by day and an ogre by night. Love's first kiss was to allow her to take "loves true form". She very much expected to end up a beautiful princess married to her prince charming. But the prince who came for her (Lord Farquar) was far from charming and the ogre Shrek, who actually rescued her mainly to force Lord Farquar to give him back his swamp home, was loving and kind. At her forced wedding to Lord Farquar just before the kiss, Shrek appears to claim her for himself. The sun sets during the confrontation turning her into an ogre who Lord Farquar finds hideous. After a tussle in which a dragon ate Lord Farquar, Shrek proclaims his love for Fiona. With their kiss she rises into the air with all sorts of lighting effects. When she comes back, she is an ogre. At first she is dismayed, but Shrek assures her that she is beautiful to him and is indeed in "love's true form." They head off to happy a life in the swamp.
* WARNING: It is tempting to compare transforming heroes such as Superman and Spiderwoman to Jesus. Each of these characters have super powers that are not obvious in their "everyday" persona. They use these unique powers to do what normal humans cannot do. In his transfiguration it is obvious that Jesus could call on some very spectacular powers, but he does not. Instead, he offers himself in self-sacrificing love. Unless you are steeped in the details of the lives and powers of the superheroes, I'd not attempt this comparison. Defending their heroes/ines child fans will talk you into inescapable corners and mire you there in complex details.
* Use this text to introduce all the listening to stories about Jesus that will be done during Lent. Retell the story briefly until you get to Peter saying, "Lord, this is so cool. We'll build three little churches here" and God interrupting him abruptly saying "No, no, no, Peter! Don't mess around building stuff. You're missing what is important. This is my beloved Son (maybe pointing to Jesus), right here with you. LISTEN TO HIM!" Then, explain that listening to stories about Jesus is going to be the whole congregation's discipline to get ourselves ready for Easter. We are going to listen to stories about Jesus in worship and at home. If Bible story books are to be given out, you might make them available today or simply tell about them today and give them out at Ash Wednesday and on the first Sunday of Lent (next Sunday). Go to Observing Lent and Celebrating Easter in Year A (2014) for more details on this plan for Lent.
Tell this story of another amazing story of God's presence simply as another example. Note that such stories of "not everyday events" do not happen often in the Bible, but they do happen every once in a great while there and in our lives today.
* Choose Psalm 99 for a simpler psalm praising God who is the most powerful and just being in the whole universe. Follow the script below to invite worshipers of all ages to praise God in response to a leader. If the leader reads with exuberance, worshipers will follow. Practicing the first two statements and responses for good volume and feel also help the reading of the entire psalm.
!^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !^!^ !
All: and the people tremble.
All: and the earth shakes.
he is supreme over all the nations.
All: Everyone will praise his great and majestic name.
you have brought righteousness and fairness.
they obeyed the laws and commands that he gave them.
even though you punished them for their sins.
and worship at his sacred hill!
This story simply proves that the disciples did as Jesus told them. After the resurrection they told everyone they met what they had seen and heard with Jesus. Use their account of doing so to challenge worshipers of all ages to join them today.


I used to comment that it often seemed as though Charlie already knew the answers to the various questions being asked in his lab; it simply was our responsibility to devise the experiments that would provide the necessary data - one might say, the proof of principle. Charlie was a thinker. He rarely embraced the newest or flashiest technology, perhaps he did not always devise the most cutting edge experiments and it could, possibly, be said that he did not always provide the definitive answer to a particular question. But so many times, it seemed, that when an experimental approach brought a question to it's conclusion, the data ended up simply proving what Charlie had already been telling us. In fact in some ways, it could be argued that Charlie's greatest impact on Immunology is the seemingly endless stream of incisive review and opinion articles, book chapters and text books that have in some way influenced or shaped the way nearly all immunologists think about various aspects of immunology. Indeed, Charlie's introductory essay to the 1989 Cold Spring Harbor Symposium volume "Approaching the asymptote? Evolution and revolution in immunology" is widely regarded as the seminal contribution that redefined and focused the field of innate immunity.
The Immunologist's Dirty Little Secret.
Charlie attributes his early thoughts on innate immunity to insightful questions posed by his wife, Dr. Kim Bottomly, also a world-renowned immunologist. Kim was puzzled by data showing that various effector cytokines were present before their production by effector T cells. Charlie's answer to her question asking where do these cytokines come from was "I don't know, but has anyone looked at the innate immune system"?. To put a timeframe on this discussion (for us younger immunologists), Pam Bjorkman had recently astounded the community with her crystal structure showing that peptides bound to the cleft of MHC class I and David Schatz and Marjorie Oettinger had just reported the cloning of one of the genes central to adaptive immunity, RAG1.
"(I)n order to obtain readily detectable responses to (protein) antigens" Charlie wrote in this essay, "they must be incorporated into a remarkable mixture termed complete Freund's adjuvant." "The most likely possibility (to explain this) is that primitive effector cells bear receptors that allow recognition of certain pathogen-associated molecular patterns that are not found in the host. I term these receptors pattern recognition receptors." "I propose that these pattern recognition systems activated effector functions of primitive immune systems before the development of rearranging gene families and continue to play a role in host defense today." Charlie's prediction that the immune system is dependent upon evolutionarily conserved pathogen pattern recognition receptors was dramatically realized when his lab cloned and characterized the first of these receptors, human Toll (TLR4) in 1997. Did Charlie's words influence the field? A search of PubMed reveals that in 2188 papers the authors refer to "innate immunity" in their abstracts. 2107 of these papers were published after 1989.
Charlie's insights into the field of innate immunity were, however, based on his understanding of the adaptive immune response. His work, for example, demonstrating that CD4 associates with the TCR helped define the concept of coreceptors. Charlie's work also included critical findings and conceptual advances that helped explain superantigens, T cell costimulation and the Th1/Th2 paradigm, as well as work that characterized the peptide cargo presented by mouse MHC class II molecules. Charlie's work on adaptive immunity was largely based upon his interest in understanding how the TCR interacts with MHC. Charlie was fascinated by how TCR interactions with self-peptide:self-MHC during thymic development led to a TCR repertoire that was "self-referential." In recent work, he also proposed that the B cell repertoire was also self-referential as a result of BCR interactions with self antigens. Understanding the self-referential nature of lymphocytes, Charlie proposed, was critical for understanding autoimmunity and the functions of T suppressor cells.
While Charlie was renowned for speculation, personally he enjoyed the hard facts. I remember explaining to Charlie during our first meeting that I wanted to be a postdoc in his lab because he always seemed to be working on "the big picture." Charlie replied something along the lines of "seeing the big picture depends upon generating lots of data!". Indeed, he frequently reminded us that the discussion of a paper might be interesting, but "it's the results section that will be important over time." Lab members always looked forward to phone calls from Charlie in which he would enthusiastically report the latest findings from whatever meeting he was attending. There is little doubt, however, that Charlie's favorite data was the identification of human Toll (now called TLR4) and the demonstration that it could induce B7.1 and B7.2 on APCs. So perhaps as you contemplate your data in an effort to construct your internal image of the universe of knowledge, you will pause and remember "the man in the floppy red hat," Dr. Charles Alderson Janeway, Jr.
Charlie will be deeply missed by his three daughters, Katie, Hannah and Megan, his wife, Dr. Kim Bottomly, his friends, former trainees, scientists around the world and, unknowingly, by the people he sought to help by understanding the immune system in health and disease.


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Västra arméfördelningen (3. förd), var en arméfördelning inom svenska armén som verkade i olika former åren 1941–1997. Förbandsledningen var förlagd i Skövde garnison i Skövde.

Historik
Västra arméfördelningen bildades den 1 augusti 1941 som III. fördelningen. Arméfördelningen var tillsammans med XIII. fördelningen direkt underställd militärbefälhavaren för III. militärområdet, medan Skaraborgs regemente svarade för uppsättandet och mobilisering av arméfördelningsstaben. Den 1 oktober 1966 kom beteckningen att ändrades från att anges i romerska siffror till arabiska siffror, det vill säga fördelningen kom att benämnas som 3. arméfördelningen. Den 1 juli 1993 uppgick Västra militärområdet i Södra militärområdet. Arméfördelningen kom därmed tillsammans med Södra arméfördelningen att underställs militärbefälhavaren för Södra militärområdet.

Genom försvarsbeslutet 1992 beslutade riksdagen att försvarets krigsorganisationen skulle spegla fredsorganisationen. Därmed kom arméfördelningsstaben från den 1 juli 1994 tillsammans med Södra arméfördelningen att organiseras som kaderorganiserade krigsförband inom Södra militärområdet.

Inför försvarsbeslutet 1996 föreslog regeringen för riksdagen att krigsorganisationen skulle reduceras. Där bland annat de tre militärområdena skulle omfattas av varsin fördelningsstab. Av de sex fördelningsstaberna skulle tre fördelningsstaber med fördelningsförband samt 13 armébrigader bibehållas. Inom Södra militärområdet föreslog regeringen att Västra arméfördelningen skulle upplösas och avvecklas. Den 13 december 1996 antog riksdagen regeringens proposition, vilket medförde att Västra arméfördelningen upplöstes och avvecklades den 31 december 1997.

Verksamhet
Västra arméfördelningens främsta uppgift var att utveckla, leda och samordna markstridskrafter för försvar av i Västsverige. Arméfördelningschefen lede den taktiska verksamheten och var direkt underställd militärbefälhavaren för Västra militärområdet, och från 1993 Södra militärområdet. Efter att Västra arméfördelning upplöstes och utgick ur krigsorganisationen, övertogs dess uppgifter den 1 januari 1998 av Södra arméfördelningen.

1994–1997
Åren 1994–1997 bestod fördelningen av nedan brigader.

Älvsborgsbrigaden (IB 15), Borås.
Hallandsbrigaden (IB 16), Halmstad.
Skaraborgsbrigaden (PB 9), Skövde.

Förläggningar och övningsplatser
I samband med att fördelningsstaben bildades kom den att samlokaliseras med Västra militärområdesstaben på Skolgatan 10, och från 1966 även på Drottninggatan 7-9 i Skövde.

Heraldik och traditioner
Västra arméfördelningen har sina rötter och traditioner ur Tredje militärdistriktet som bildades 1833. Militärdistriktsstaben lokaliserades 1885 till Skövde. I samband med att arméfördelningen den 1 juli 1994 blev ett självständigt förband, antogs namnet Västra arméfördelningen. Fram till 30 juni 1994 hade fördelningen endast benämnts som 3. arméfördelningen. I samband med att Västra arméfördelningen upplöstes och avvecklades, överfördes traditionsansvaret på Södra arméfördelningen (13. förd) i Kristianstad. Från den 1 juli 2000 övertogs detta ansvar av 1. mekaniserade divisionen, vilken även övertog traditionsansvaret för samtliga arméfördelningar. I samband med att Västra arméfördelningen upplöstes och avvecklades instiftades Västra arméfördelningens minnesmedalj i silver (VFördMSM).

Förbandschefer

1941–1981: ?
1981–1991: Leif Kesselmark
1991–1993: Överste av 1. graden Per Källström
1993–1996: Överste av 1. graden Johan Hederstedt
1995–2000: Överste av 1. graden Sven-Eric Andersson

Namn, beteckning och förläggningsort

Se även

1. mekaniserade divisionen
Lista över svenska infanteribrigader
Södra arméfördelningen
Skövde garnison
Södra militärområdet
Västra militärområdet

Referenser

Anmärkningar

Noter

Tryckta källor

Vidare läsning

Externa länkar

Skövde garnison
Historiska militära indelningar i Sverige
Ej längre existerande svenska arméfördelningar
Svenska militära enheter bildade 1941
Svenska militära enheter upplösta 1997

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Malaysian authorities repeatedly arrest, harass award-winning cartoonist Zunar
Posted on	January 6, 2017
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Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Malaysian authorities should drop all criminal charges against editorial cartoonist Zulikiflee Anwar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar, and stop harassing him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested Zunar on December 17, the cartoonist said in a statement, the latest incident in authorities' relentless campaign of judicial and police harassment of the journalist.
Police in uniform and civilian clothes arrested Zunar and two of his personal assistants at a public event in Kuala Lumpur organized to promote books of his work, press reports said. The cartoonist was detained and interrogated for nearly six hours at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters before being released on bail around midnight, according to Zunar's statement.
Authorities also confiscated more than 1,000 copies of his books as part of an investigation into potential charges of "undermining parliamentary democracy," which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison under section 124(c) of Malayisa's penal code, according to media reports. This was the second time in a month that police had detained and threatened the cartoonist, whom CPJ honored with its International Press Freedom Award in 2015. Police on November 26 arrested and questioned Zunar, a day after government supporters physically assaulted him and vandalized an exhibition of his cartoons at a literary festival in the northern Malaysian state of Penang. Authorities are investigating him for sedition in connection with the exhibition for publicly insulting Prime Minister Najib Razak, CPJ reported at the time.
"Prime Minister Najib Razak's government should stop treating editorial criticism as criminal speech and allow journalists to do their jobs without fear of reprisal," said Shawn Crispin, CPJ's senior Southeast Asia representative. ""It is a bitter irony that Malaysian authorities would invoke a law on undermining democracy in order to persecute a cartoonist exercising his right to freedom of expression."
Zunar told CPJ by email that authorities initially refused to inform him on what charges he was being arrested. He said that interrogators asked him to explain the meaning of various of his cartoons and to indicate specifically who is lampooned in several of his drawings. Zunar said he declined to answer any of the questions, as allowed under Malaysian law.
Zunar faces nine charges of sedition for remarks he made on Twitter criticizing a court's decision to jail the country's main opposition leader last year. The tweets included an embedded cartoon that depicted Najib acting as a judge in that case. In other remarks on Twitter he referred to judges as "lackeys" of Najib's ruling party.
If convicted on all the charges, Zunar faces a maximum sentence of 43 years in prison under the Sedition Act. Zunar filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of the law that will begin hearings on January 24, 2017, according to a public statement Zunar released in November. His sedition case for the tweets will be heard after that process is complete, the statement said. The 10th possible sedition charge over the literary festival incident is still under investigation.
Authorities imposed a travel ban against Zunar in October that bars him from leaving the country before a verdict in his sedition trial, according to news reports. Zunar had frequently traveled to exhibit his work, to speak at conferences on freedom of expression, and to receive awards for his editorial courage. On December 7, Zunar filed a legal challenge to the ban, claiming in his petition to the court that the government abused its power, according to a public statement he sent to journalists and rights advocates, including CPJ.


Use wine crates as storage boxes.
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Gather up all your empty wine crates. If you don't have any, ask your local wine store if they will save them for you. Alternatively, find them on auction and classified ad websites for reasonable prices.
Remove the printed brand names on the wooden crate using a saw. A different wood finish on each sheet of wood only adds to the appeal. Screw one or two sheets of wood containing the logo of your favorite brand on your wall. Or, create a 3-dimensional installation by screwing the entire crate directly to the wall.
Stack wine crates on top of each other sideways and attach them at the edges using wood glue. Place them on a shelf, kitchen worktop or desk and screw them into the wall. In your living room, stack them to the ceiling if desired. Fill the open crates with wine bottles and glasses to create a makeshift wine bar.
Paint your wine crates to create a stylish storage box. Use acrylic paints and coordinate your colors. Use the same color as your walls if you want them to blend in; otherwise, try a contrasting color and create an accent piece. To keep your new storage boxes on display, place them on shelving or your desk. In a bedroom, push them under your bed for storage and to reduce clutter. If you'd like to keep their natural finish, apply a light coat of wood varnish or polyurethane.
Fill wine crates with soil and plant a mixture of flowers or houseplants in them. In the kitchen, fill the crate with herbs that you use for cooking, such as oregano and coriander. Place them in areas of your home that receive a lot of sunlight to ensure they bloom and provide color to the space.
Inform friends and family that you are searching for wine crates and ask them to save them for you.
Apply a light layer of wood stain to your wine crates if you want a different shade.
When screwing wine crates together or to a wall, first ensure they aren't damaged and that stability won't be a problem.
Apartment Therapy: Where to Find Wine Crates?
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Another seed of doubt is stemmed from fear of the unknown. Once you have lived your life a certain way and are called to make a drastic change in your life, it can be scary.
You might be torn because you know that you need to take action, but you are unsure of what the outcome will be.
Someone once told me that the Lord will never lead you to do something that directs you away from Him.
One way to bring about inner peace is to search scripture or spend time in prayer asking God which of your actions would most glorify Him.
Whatever you are being directed to do should fall in alignment with the will of God. This way, there is no need to doubt or fear the unknown because God's plans for you are only good ones, not disastrous ones.
It is human nature to doubt the unknown and assess situations prior to taking action, but you can trust in your inner compass.
When you allow Christ to guide you, doubt and fear slowly dissolve.


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High school classmate of Philo's reminisces (1992).
Birthplace of Television
Rigby, Idaho
Rigby was the boyhood home of the inventor of television, Philo T. Farnsworth, and signs at the city limits proclaim it, "The Birthplace of Television."
The town museum tells his story. When we visited it was in an old bank building, using the vault to enshrine its most precious artifacts: a collection of old TV tubes, a bronze bust of Farnsworth, and some of his personal items and awards.
Elderly volunteer Alice Lufkin went to high school with Farnsworth. She sat in the vault and tried to provide tourists like us with a living link to the past. But her secondhand accounts led us to believe that as an adolescent Lufkin never gave the nerdy Farnsworth the time of day. We do learn that teenage Farnsworth had his ah-ha moment as he plowed a potato field, with the parallel rows of spudlings triggering his notion of television scan lines.
The Rigby Museum has since moved out of the bank vault and into an abandoned 1960s motel restored by convicts. It's a general museum, not just about TV; only a fraction of it is devoted to Farnsworth. Still, it remains a pilgrimage site for those who love television, and the rest of the museum does offer some quirky diversions, such as its collection of ladies' hats and hide scrapers, a flag that went to the moon, and, for some reason, a scale model of the Spanish galleon Antocha (sunk in 1622).
Also see: Philo Farnsworth Statues
Farnsworth TV and Pioneer Museum
118 W. 1st S., Rigby, ID
Farnsworth TV and Pioneer Museum. Downtown, on Hwy 48/1st St., one block west of US Hwy 20.
Most weekdays and Saturdays. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
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For 20 years, countless fire service members and residents have benefited from the resources produced by the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC). More than a dozen fire safety, insurance, and sprinkler industry organizations (including NFPA, a founding member) comprise the coalition, still seen as the primary resource for free, noncommercial information on home fire sprinklers. Twenty years later, HFSC is embracing the Digital Age with a noteworthy upgrade.
Take a peek at HFSC's newly revamped website, a user-friendly platform that easily links you to its free resources. Whether its information for the fire service or building officials or homebuilders, the new site makes what you're looking for easier to find. The site is also filled with interesting fire and sprinkler tidbits placed within eye-catching graphics.
Poke around the site today, and let us know what you think. Also, if you've missed the recap of HFSC's live burn demo at NFPA's Conference & Expo, read the blog post on the event.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at how money and power are negatively impacting the safety of today's homes.
Two stories recently appearing in ProPublica spotlight widespread campaigns by the homebuilding industry that successfully eliminated or prevented requirements for home fire sprinklers. According to the report, the housing industry has spent more than $517 million in the last decade on state politics and has been influential in thwarting sprinkler requirements in at least 25 states. Sprinkler opponents are also influencing state legislators while using its clout to impact code-making decisions in certain states.
There were close to 40 injury-causing fires in homes built since 2009 (when all model building codes started requiring sprinklers in these settings) in seven states that effectively blocked a sprinkler requirement. In 2014 alone, home fires resulted in more than 2,700 fire deaths (the majority of all fire deaths) and approximately 12,000 injuries in the U.S., according to NFPA, which conducts annual research on home fires.
A two-year-old girl from Baldwinsville, New York, was killed in a 2015 fire in a home built only two years earlier. Had this home been built to the model building code, state fire officials noted at the time, it should have been sprinklered. Also that year, the state's building code council was considering an update to its building code. The state's fire service was optimistic that the tragedy would serve as the catalyst for requiring sprinklers. Sprinkler opponents produced radio and newspaper ads on the "job-killing proposal." Additionally, a pro-builder member was appointed to the code council directly before a vote on sprinklers, states the article. The council eventually voted against the sprinkler rule. Around the time of the vote, New York City passed legislation to require sprinklers in all of its pet stores.
Political donations and heavy lobbying by sprinkler opponents in South Carolina played a part in keeping a sprinkler requirement off the books there. The local homebuilding association, according to the report, annually honors the "most builder friendly legislator" and spent lobbying dollars emailing, calling, and visiting local legislators to fight sprinkler requirements.
As fire safety advocates, you have the power to combat this opposition. Use the free resources and research by the Fire Sprinkler Initiative to inform your legislators and code-making bodies that home fire sprinklers should not be negotiable in new homes.
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Ross-Tustin, fire chief with the Essa Township Fire Department, is not alone in her push for safer homes across Ontario. Her like-minded comrades in the provincial fire service sat alongside building industry professionals at the recent Home Fire Sprinkler Summit in Toronto. The event was hosted by the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs and partly sponsored by the Fire Sprinkler Initiative's Bringing Safety Home Grant. At the event, parties typically at odds with each other on the issue of sprinklers seemed to find some common ground amid frank discussions on this topic.
During her presentation, Ross-Tustin combatted myths typically used by the homebuilding industry to fight sprinkler installation. She challenged the notion that "smoke alarms offer adequate fire protection" with a TV news clip of a child soundly sleeping through a beeping smoke alarm for two minutes. According to NFPA research, residents have as little as two minutes to safely escape a fire.
Don't believe the new-homes-are-safer notion either, she added after showing another clip of a burn demonstration of today's modern, synthetic furnishings quickly incinerated by fire. "I don't keep the stuff in my home that my grandparents did.
Watch a news clip of the event.
Fire officials in Ontario made a Canadian-sized push for safety this week, giving the local construction industry crucial information on home fire sprinklers.
Hosted by the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs and partly sponsored by NFPA's Bringing Safety Home Grant, the Home Fire Sprinkler Summit in Toronto was provincial advocates' initial attempts at initiating dialogue on sprinkler performance and cost as well as the realities of today's home fires. Sprinklers in new homes aren't required in the province, but safety advocates there hope the meeting fosters additional conversations between building and fire officials to bolster fire sprinkler education and acceptance in homes.
Topics at the summit ranged from the speed and deadliness of Canadian home fires to sprinkler mythbusting to Canadian case studies. One session underscored a sprinkler bylaw on the books in Pitt Meadows, a town outside of Vancouver. Named a "benchmark community" by NFPA (and cited in its 2013 sprinkler cost study report), the average cost to sprinkler new homes in this one-fire-hall town is a tad more than $1 per sprinklered square foot. A series of trade-ups for the building industry made sprinkler installation more palatable to this group, but it took time.
"After 20 years of [installing sprinklers], the sprinkler trade has gotten on par with electricians and roofers," said Dave Bruce, chief building officer for Pitt Meadows. "There's enough of them out there now doing the work, and the cost has come down to $1.07 per sprinklered square foot."
In addition to being cost-effective, sprinkler installations in Pitt Meadows have also been life-saving; since 2005, the town hasn't experienced a single fire death in a sprinklered home. Moreover, the fires in sprinklered homes have not spread beyond the room of origin.
Giving a swing of support for this cause at the summit was Paul Beeston, former president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays. This team has a long-term partnership with the Canadian Fire Marshal's Public Fire Safety Council via the Swing Into Summer Safety Campaign. The focus of the campaign this year centers on smoke alarm and home fire sprinkler installation.
Check this blog often for additional updates from the summit.
Like it or not, a sprinkler activation does not have the same media appeal as a home fire. That's not to say advocates can't spice up an activation in a way that get's the media's attention. For example, New Hanover County Fire and Rescue invited a local media station inside a home to document a "rare, firsthand look" (as the story described it) of the aftermath of a fire in a sprinklered kitchen. According to the news report, there were no injuries, and the sprinklers contained the fire to the kitchen. "The public should be reminded that properly installed and maintained fire sprinklers help to minimize property damage and recovery costs," said Deputy Fire Chief Frank Meyers. "They save lives and save money." The story also cited NFPA's U.S. Experience with Sprinklers report.
Another kitchen fire that could have been "potentially serious" was stopped in its tracks by sprinklers. The culprit, according to the news report, was a "box on the stove...that had a bunch of food, trash, and stuff in it." Nobody was home at the time of the fire. Noting that the sprinklers prevented the fire from spreading, Central Arizona Fire Division Chief Rick Chase also myth-busted some popular opinions on sprinklers. "'I don't want [sprinklers] to flood my whole house.' That's the kind of myths that people have." Only the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate, Chase added.
A gas fire place inside a home ignited a nearby pile of clothing. The sprinklers "went off properly and suppressed the fire," states the news report. Firefighters were quickly able to rescue a man who was trapped upstairs by smoke. He was treated and released at the scene.
Following the activation, the City of Manassas Fire and Rescue also made a point to note a sprinkler's effectiveness: fire sprinklers cut the risk of dying in a fire by 80 percent, and reduce the risk of property loss by 70 percent.
Last month, firefighters responded to reports of a kitchen grease fire at 3:09 p.m. Nine minutes later, the fire was under control mainly by a sprinkler activation. Damage from the fire was minimal.
Residents saw firsthand the power of California's fire sprinkler ordinance for new homes. Firefighters responded to a call of a fire inside a single-family home. By the time they arrived, the fire had been held in check by the sprinklers, stated a news report. Operating as intended, the sprinklers gave the two residents living in the home ample time to escape safely.
In his previous post, Rob Feeney painstakingly describes his nightmares and realities soon after being severely injured from The Station Nightclub Fire, which killed 100 people, including his fiancée, Donna Mitchell. In his final installment for the Fire Sprinkler Initiative, Feeney chronicles how he found purpose as a burn survivor and became an unlikely champion for fire sprinklers.
Following The Station fire, I had very few plans except to see Donna's two daughters through high school. After that, I really didn't care what happened to me.
I struggled with my life's purpose and self-sabotaged my own progress. I didn't fully know how to take care of myself. I did go out—mostly to bars, mostly to see friend's bands. I talked to everyone I could—friends, bartenders, strangers—but my pressure garments on my hands and my facial burns were still distinguishable and drew questions. It wasn't hard to talk to people about what happened to me, but it was sometimes hard to hear them say "I almost went there that night" in response. It took years to realize posttraumatic stress disorder and survivor's guilt had taken control of my life.
Along with the many questions I had about my own future, I had questions about The Station fire. I followed the investigation as closely as I could. I understood the factors that made this fire the nation's fourth deadliest nightclub fire. What I didn't understand was why the building and countless buildings across the country are so unsafe and allowed to remain open for business. The only answers I got were from my attorney and newspapers. Why didn't the nightclub have fire sprinklers? I naively assumed that the majority of buildings I frequented were protected by them.
In 2006, I attended an educational event hosted by then Pleasantville, Tennessee, Fire Chief Shane Ray (now President of the National Fire Sprinkler Association) and Vickie Pritchett of Common Voices, an advocacy coalition promoting fire safety. They discussed fire sprinklers. They spoke about the costs of installing sprinklers in new construction and retrofitting them into older buildings, both residential and commercial. Chief Ray spoke about my fire. He said fire sprinklers would have made a difference. They would have saved lives, probably every life. One hundred of them.
I still had a lot of anger and sadness inside of me. I also had a desire to make sure another fire like The Station didn't happen again and to tell my story. I found a new fight within me but I needed help finding my voice.
I was introduced to an organization called the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors. It's the largest national peer support organization for burn survivors, their families, healthcare professionals, and fire service and industry personnel. In September 2003, I attended its annual conference, the World Burn Congress, in Cleveland, Ohio. I was extremely overwhelmed and didn't talk to many people the first couple of days. However, I listened to keynote speakers who battled through adversities and beat the odds to live a life of happiness.
That year I also met Amy Acton, Phoenix's executive director. At next year's World Burn, she remembered me. She asked if I would be available for local media interviews. She also invited me to attend a special training by media guru Brad Phillips to develop my advocacy skills. Amy then asked me to join her at a live burn/sprinkler demonstration and then a local TV show to discuss the Phoenix Society and fire sprinklers. I was enjoying what little I was doing, even though I didn't know where it was leading.
In 2010, I got a call from Vickie Pritchett, who asked me if I would head to Tennessee to testify in front of the Chattanooga City Council to get a bylaw passed requiring fire sprinklers in the city's nightclubs. The measure was voted down on two previous attempts and was up for its third and final try. I wrote a speech and handed out copies to each of the nine council members. I was about as nervous as I had ever been as I sat and listened to both sides of the sprinkler fight. Then a lawyer for some of the club owners against sprinklers started talking about The Station fire and many untruths about what occurred that night. One councilman said "The Station Nightclub Fire was a Rhode Island problem, not a Tennessee problem." I now wanted to talk.
I was given three minutes to speak. During that time, I told them that three minutes was all it took to kill 96 of the 100 people in that fire. The bylaw passed by one vote. The councilman who had the deciding vote met me in the hallway to thank me for my testimony and let me know that I had changed his vote. Following the hearing, the mayor of Chattanooga invited us to his office and thanked me for helping him protect the people in his city.
I now realized what Amy Acton had in mind for me. I was using my voice and my story for a greater cause. I was a fire sprinkler advocate. Reliving my story was not only helping me emotionally, but was also helping enact changes in fire safety. I have since been invited to other speaking engagements for the Phoenix Society, Common Voices, and Vision 20/20—all groups championing for the installation of fire sprinklers. In 2013, I was honored to be the second recipient of the Phoenix Society's Advocacy Award at World Burn Congress in Providence, RI.
Being an advocate led me to alter how I lived my life. It created a confidence I had been missing. I was able to find love again, get married, start a family, and (to the surprise of many people) enter the fire service.
I am one voice with one story trying to speak for Donna and the others who lost their voice in The Station fire. Raising awareness and advocating for new sprinkler laws has largely been an uphill battle. Sometimes it seems like an unnecessary battle because we're talking about common sense. We've made definite footprints in the sand on the fire sprinkler issue but footprints in the sand can be washed away over time if they're not walked over again and again. So, we walk again. We talk again. We keep going until our footprints are no longer in the sand, but are in concrete—to stay for good.
Rob Feeney recently became a call firefighter with the Onset Fire Department in Massachusetts and advocates for fire sprinklers and fire safety issues nationwide for the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors and Common Voices. The Phoenix Society now offers online advocacy training instructing others how to use their voice to affect change.
A teary-eyed resident of Rockland, Maine, recently received the keys to her new home, the 29th residence built by Midcoast Maine Habitat for Humanity. What makes this home different than the others is that it's protected by fire sprinklers.
Rockland has an ordinance to sprinkler all of its new homes. Habitat was able to cover the installation costs at the new home by receiving funds from a community development program. In order to secure the grant, "we just had to make the case that [sprinklers are] a health and safety issue," Tia Anderson, Midcoast Maine Habitat for Humanity's executive director, told the Penobscot Bay Pilot.
Safety advocates in other U.S. states have successfully collaborated with their local Habitat for Humanity for similar endeavors. For instance, Orange County, North Carolina, recently welcomed its 150th sprinklered home. A celebration in Austin, Texas, occurred last year following the sprinklering of its 200th Habitat home.
Here's yet another reason to appreciate one of Texas' most beloved cities: an event earlier this month celebrated the 200th home now equipped with home fire sprinklers thanks to efforts by the local Habitat for Humanity chapter. Habitat Austin has been installing sprinklers in new homes for the past decade, making it the second largest group of sprinklered Habitat homes in the world, according to a news release by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE).
A national campaign with the Toronto Blue Jays features members of the team underscoring why fire sprinklers in homes are a home run.
Hosted in part by the Fire Marshal's Public Fire Safety Council in Canada, the Swing into Summer Safety Campaign utilizes Blue Jays players to promote key safety information. This year's campaign highlights how residents can "create a winning team" in homes by installing both smoke alarms and fire sprinklers. Promoting this message in public service announcements (which highlights the website for the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition) are players Marco Estrada and Brett Cecil. The campaign also includes free materials featuring the team that fire departments can use in their outreach efforts.
Watch one of the PSAs produced for this campaign, which is attached to this post.
NFPA's Expo officially opens today at 4 p.m. Swing by the NFPA booth to learn more about our Fire Sprinkler Initiative with Jeff Hudson, one of NFPA's regional sprinkler specialists. Pick up a few freebies while you're there.
Tuesday, June 14: Looking for information on how you can promote fire sprinklers in your community using a live burn/sprinkler demonstration? Swing by NFPA's The Annex (Mandalay Bay Foyer, Level 2), from 10:35-10:55 a.m. to speak with NFPA's Fred Durso and Jeff Hudson about these eye-catching demonstrations.
Tuesday, June 14: Speaking of live burn demonstrations, the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition is hosting one offsite on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Shuttle buses depart Mandalay Bay at 1:20 p.m. from the Mandalay Bay Shark Reef Aquarium entrance. If you can't come to the event, watch it live on NFPA's Facebook page!
Tuesday, June 14: How can you effectively promote home fire sprinklers to the media? Attend the education session, "Promoting Fire Sprinklers: Doing it Right Can Save Lives" at 11 a.m. NFPA, the National Fire Sprinkler Association, the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition, and Viking Group, Inc., will share best practices on effectively using social media, news releases, and your voice to get fire sprinklers on the media's radar.
Why are today's new homes raising eyebrows among fire safety experts across North America?
While more economical and environmentally friendly, modern homebuilding materials and the synthetic contents filling our homes pose challenges when exposed to fire. NFPA's Fire Sprinkler Initiative has hosted a new webinar underscoring the modern home environment and why home fire sprinklers play a crucial role in safeguarding residents from death and injury.
The full, hour long video is available for free if you are logged into NFPA Xchange. Register for free today!
After attending a meeting by the Oregon Fire Sprinkler Coalition, one fire official better understands the benefits of fire sprinklers in an array of settings, particularly new homes.
"Perhaps you've only considered fire sprinklers [to] be a part of commercial buildings or large apartments," Margueritte Hickman with Oregon's Ashland Fire & Rescue wrote in a commentary that appeared in the Ashland Daily Tidings. "A simpler and less expensive system can be installed in any home."
In her commentary, Hickman discusses the aesthetics, environmental benefits, and cost of sprinkler installation. "I can hear what you're thinking--they're expensive, they call go off at once, they're ugly. Actually, these are all myths. Let's dispel these myths."
Hickman adds that while many employees benefit from sprinkler protection at work, the same level of protection should occur at home, the place they spend most of their time. "I can guarantee that no one goes to work thinking, 'I'm going to have an accidental house fire today.' Wouldn't it be worth piece of mind to know that your family is safe by having home fire sprinklers?"
Learn the creative ways other Oregonians are promoting home fire sprinklers by visiting the Oregon Fire Sprinkler Coalition page.
A burn demonstration is taking place on Tuesday, June 14 during NFPA's Conference showcasing two structures on fire--one with fire sprinklers and one without. These demonstrations are widely used by North American sprinkler advocates to underscore what little time you have to escape today's unsprinklered homes on fire. A shuttle bus will be leaving Mandalay Bay at 1:20 p.m. PST, departing from the Shark Reef Aquarium entrance (near the food court).
For those who can't make the burn or aren't attending the conference, take note: we'll be live-streaming the burn demo via Fabook live, which you can view on NFPA's Facebook page. Viewers will also have the ability to comment or ask questions in real time. The actual burn begins at 2 p.m. PST, but we'll be live streaming beginning at 1:45 p.m. PST. Check NFPA's Facebook page for any updates.
Hope to see you there--or online!
The American Burn Association (ABA) recently honored firefighter Phil Tammaro, a recent addition to the Fire Sprinkler Initiative's Faces of Fire Campaign, with its Burn Prevention Award. The accolade honors contributions to burn prevention that have a worldwide, nationwide, or statewide impact and has a major influence in shaping the careers of other burn prevention workers.
Significantly injured from a home fire when he was only two years old, Tammaro is now a vocal advocate for home fire sprinklers. He has spent the better part of the last four decades recovering from his burn injuries and lending his voice to national burn prevention efforts, including the necessity of sprinkler requirements in new homes. Tammaro has also served as a public fire and life safety educator for the Billerica, Massachusetts, Fire Department.
Helping burn survivors of all ages cope with their injuries has been a passion of Tammaro's. He has played a vital role in developing peer-support programs for Boston's Shriners Hospital for Children and Massachusetts General Hospital. Most recently, Tammaro became the project manager for the International Association of Fire Fighter's Charitable Foundation Burn Fund's Youth Firesetting Database. This system collects vital data on firesetting behavior.
Taking the issue of home fire sprinklers seriously, Tammaro is also a member of the Massachusetts Fire Sprinkler Coalition, which educates and advocates for this life-saving technology statewide.
As previously reported on this blog, a crucial vote took place on a proposal to place a requirement in the International Code Council's (ICC) International Residential Code to sprinkler new, one- and two-family homes into the annex of the code's 2018 edition. The proposal would make sprinklers an adoptable option, thereby weakening this provision. ICC members were asked to support or oppose the motion via an online vote, and NFPA urged ICC members to cast a vote in opposition of the proposal.
The IRC Residential Building Code Committee disapproved this proposal--as did voters. The IRC Fire Sprinkler Coalition reports that 84 percent of voters opposed the proposal. These numbers showcase a widespread desire to eliminate America's home fire problem via the increased use of home fire sprinklers. Weakening this requirement would be a huge step backward for fire safety.
If a public comment is submitted on this proposal, another online vote will be conducted in November to determine a final outcome. If there are any updates to report, we'll post them to this blog. But for now, let's celebrate this victory.
Many thanks to those who cast a vote in support of fire safety!
Captain Anthony Simone (left) received a new, sprinklered home with help from Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit that builds specially adapted homes for veterans. Joining Simone at a special ceremony was Timothy McHale, the nonprofit's president and CEO.
"When your life is altered completely and normal is no longer a word that applies to you, it can be a totally life-changing incident," said Air Force Captain Anthony Simone, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a rescue helicopter crash in Afghanistan in 2010. He gave those words during a May ceremony in Manhattan, Illinois, where he received the keys to his new home provided by Homes for Our Troops. The nonprofit builds mortgage-free, specially adapted homes for veterans. Though sad about the horror he and his family have gone through post-injury, I'm thankful his home is compliant with the American Disabilities Act and also includes fire sprinklers.
The Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board and the Illinois Fire Sprinkler Coalition first heard about Simone, his family, and Homes For Our Troops from Manhattan Fire Protection District Chief Dan Forsythe. When I first saw the plans, I noticed a closet that seconded as a safe room for hurricanes. Although we do not have hurricanes in Illinois, we do have fires. Home fire sprinklers are essential in protecting the entire home—not just a single room—in the event of a fire.
We decided that donating fire sprinklers and the installation was in order. We worked closely with Chief Forsythe and Bill Sutterlin from Advanced Fire Protection to ensure a quality design and installation in accordance with NFPA 13D, Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes. The water was supplied by a well pump.
Simone's new home in Manhattan, Illinois.
Manhattan is one of 104 Illinois jurisdictions that have adopted home fire sprinkler requirements. Village officials have maintained the importance of following the national model codes despite one of the county commissioners looking to eliminate all building codes for three years to "help boost construction." While protecting Simone and his family, the project with Homes For Our Troops also helped educate elected officials about fire sprinkler necessity. We also conducted a live burn/sprinkler demonstration near the home.
We were fortunate to provide Captain Simone and his family with the utmost in fire protection. It was a simple act with simple motives: to help someone who needs more help than we do. Please help your wounded veterans by looking into opportunities with Home For Our Troops to see what you can do in your region to help protect veterans from the dangers of fire. There is no shortage of needy families.