Word: panic
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...think what firefighters have that most people don't see is a calmness. They are calm when there's a catastrophe. Where other people would panic and run, they focus and see what they have to do to make a bad situation better. I was a fireman for 25 years so I saw a lot of destruction - nothing to that degree, but you really try to stay focused on what you've got to do. That's what we did then. We just did our jobs...
Home monitoring has long appealed to people who are often away from their home, or those concerned for elderly parents living alone. For years, there have been ways to wire your home with gadgets - not just smoke alarms and security systems, but cameras, sensors and panic buttons - the key word being "wire." New wireless technologies and broadband Internet connections enable people to set up more advanced systems without a headache or holes in the wall. One innovator, iControl, combines wireless monitoring with easy Web access and a little home automation in an interesting and expandable system...
...iControl system does, you have to hear a list of its many devices. There are wired and wireless cameras and battery-powered sensors that detect motion, the opening and closing of doors, even the presence of water or freezing temperatures. There are carbon-monoxide and smoke alarms, a wearable "panic pendant" as well as a panic wristwatch. You can get automated light dimmers that plug into power sockets, and even a thermostat...
...point of the long question sessions is to find inconsistencies in a terrorist's cover story, or to agitate him into a panic. I was typically asked questions like: who paid for your ticket, why are you traveling, why did you buy the ticket so late (or so early), where did you travel in Israel, whom did you meet here. Answers like "the Prime Minister" never seemed to get me anywhere. Almost always, I'd be questioned by one agent, who would then leave to consult with a second agent, who would appear and ask many of the same questions...
...Sunni village of Jibbayn, panic-stricken residents beg the UNIFIL convoy for lifts to the comparative safety of Tyre, a coastal town that so far has remained relatively immune to the Israeli assault. But the UNIFIL peacekeepers are under orders not to transport civilians from the area, so the disappointed villagers, a few aged men and women, shoulder the brown cardboard boxes of food and stalk resignedly back to their homes. Israeli troops have deployed at the northern end of Jibbayn, cutting the road to Teir Harfa village to which the UNIFIL convoy was hoping to proceed. "The Israelis have...