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Burning Drugs

Burning Drugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this image, a County Sheriff and a Detective are disposing of drugs and drug paraphernalia from closed drug related cases. According to the article that underlined this image, the amount of drugs in the burning (from a collection of some 9 months) had a street value of between $50,000 and $100,000 and took the officers from early afternoon well into that same evening to burn.

SO, WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

For one thing, neither officer is wearing a mask; I wonder, did they have a ”very good time” doing this job? ;)

All right, all jest aside, I know for a fact that this burning took place with residences around it (admittedly, some are approximately one quarter mile away) and one has to wonder what chemicals were in the smoke from the fire? What kind of health issues could be caused by breathing the smoke from burning all those drugs and drug paraphernalia together in an open fire? Wouldn’t it be better to burn this type of material in an incinerator; perhaps one from a hospital in the region?

Come on folks, we expect better!!

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By Merc – Mon Dec 7th, 09

AVC – Any Video Converter (Free)

http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

There is open source software to perform almost every task for video conversion. But if you are one of these windows users who are looking for an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, Any Video Converter provides just that, allowing you to effortlessly convert video files for FREE!

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By Merc – Sat Nov 28th, 09

VSO Image Resizer – manage your digital photos

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/

With this free resize image software, you can create e-mail friendly versions of your images, load them faster, move them easily from folder to folder, change their format, edit large numbers of image files/batch image resize and thus save space on your hard drive. Using high resolution 1600×1200 for creating wallpaper or file-sharing you can save your memory. VSO Image Resizer can also change file names using a template and you can add your own watermark with transparency support.
VSO Image resizer is integrated into the Windows explorer shell, right click on your pictures and start working on your pictures!

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VSO also has a very nice tutorial on how to resize images using the VSO Image Resizer which is located here:

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/how-to-compress-photos/how-to-resize-images-guide.php

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By Merc – Thu Nov 26th, 09

Auslogics Disk Defrag

http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startups and shutdowns. Auslogics Disk Defrag is designed for fast defragmentation of modern hard disks. The new version can also consolidate free space and optimize system files placement. Disk Defrag is absolutely FREE for home users.

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By Merc – Thu Nov 19th, 09

CDBurnerXP – Burn CDs and DVDs for free

http://cdburnerxp.se/

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

Key Features

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  • Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista/Windows 7
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By Merc – Wed Nov 11th, 09