Celebrating our 34th year of Forensic Investigations  
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
 
Items of General Interest
Evidence Photography

EVIDENCE PHOTOGRAPHY

By Bill Sommers

Here you are, at the scene of an accident, autopsy, or you are at an insurance vehicle storage yard, and you have with you, your camera. You are going to take pictures of the evidence that lies before you. Why? Why are you going to take photos of the evidence at hand?

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Photography Basics

By GEI staff with coaching from Gary Peck

Modern automatic cameras take care of the details for you, and give generally good pictures for most conditions.   But what happens if your general settings don’t give you the results that you want?   Then you may want to manually adjust your settings.   For that, you need to know some basic terms and principles of how cameras work.   Here are some of the basic principles of cameras.

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Stroke Warning Signs
Do you know the warning signs of a stroke?    Medical intervention in the first 3 hours can prevent permanent damage.  Read the following to learn the three simple things a bystander can use to quickly diagnose a stroke and know when to call for help.
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Mercury CFL Cleanup ('07)
The CFL Mercury Nightmare
Steven Milloy, Financial Post
Published: Saturday, April 28, 2007


How much money does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent light bulb? About US$4.28 for the bulb and labor -- unless you break the bulb.

Then you, like Brandy Bridges of Ellsworth, Maine, could be looking at a cost of about $2,004.28, which doesn't include the costs of frayed nerves and risks to health.

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UrbEx Niagra's Tailrace
(The following story was copied off the Internet.  The language has been cleaned for office viewing and is offered without endorsement or comments).

DIY Supervillain Hideout
 
Behind the raging horseshoe falls of Niagara there lurks a dormant monster, a century old redbrick tunnel painstakingly laid.   There is no recorded tally of its human cost but in 1906 it would be the biggest tunnel of its type in the world.   Like the secret hideout of a supervillain it defies belief and comprehension, a stronghold behind the crashing waterfall.   To rappel through the treacherous bowels of a decrepit power station is the single entrance.
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