• HUGE De-Bomb Update for 2020! (google.com)
  • The garda review in turn followed a November 2020 investigation into the bombing by RTÉ Investigates, which identified key errors and omissions in six previous garda inquiries. (rte.ie)
  • More than three months after the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon, the court cases stemming from the attack remain cloaked in an unusual degree of secrecy, stirring concern from transparency advocates and First Amendment lawyers. (politico.com)
  • Boston health officials are dealing with the immediate aftermath of two bombs that exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on the afternoon of April 15, 2013. (cdc.gov)
  • During the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line, killing 3 people and injuring 264. (cdc.gov)
  • Norway-based geoscience research foundation Norsar, which works to verify compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, said on Sunday that the underground nuclear test on Sunday was estimated to have an explosive yield of 120 kilotons, compared with the estimated 15 kiloton yield of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. (cnbc.com)
  • Children of the atomic bomb : an American physician's memoir of Nagasaki, Hiroshima, and the Marshall Islands / James N. Yamazaki with Louis B. Fleming. (who.int)
  • Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in August 1945 were estimated to have killed approximately 70,000 Koreans . (bvsalud.org)
  • On August 6, 1945, the United States destroyed Hiroshima, Japan, with the first atomic bomb ever used in war. (medscape.com)
  • The Hiroshima bomb ended WWII with Japan. (medscape.com)
  • In a rare internal critique of Israel's use of cluster bombs, a government-appointed commission has found a lack of "operational discipline, control and oversight" in the army's deployment of the weapons in civilian areas. (latimes.com)
  • The panel's statement, buried in an exhaustive report on Israel's conduct of the 2006 Lebanon war, did not directly challenge the army's assertion that its use of cluster bombs in that conflict fell within the bounds of international humanitarian law. (latimes.com)
  • Cluster bombs spray deadly bomblets over a wide area. (latimes.com)
  • U.N. monitors in Lebanon say 26 civilians have been killed in explosions in southern Lebanon since the war ended in August 2006, most of them from leftover Israeli cluster bombs. (latimes.com)
  • The panel nonetheless devoted a six-page appendix of the 629-page report to the issue of cluster bombs, which had also been the subject of a yearlong inquiry within the army. (latimes.com)
  • But it asked the army to clarify how its practice of dropping cluster bombs on temporarily uninhabited villages squares with international law. (latimes.com)
  • And it questioned the practice of giving field commanders discretion on when to use cluster bombs in such places. (latimes.com)
  • The United Nations is marking the International Day for Landmine Awareness on April 4, hailing the benefits of the decade-old ban on landmines, but warning about the growing threat of cluster bombs. (voanews.com)
  • The U.N. peacekeeping chief warns that other munitions, namely unexploded rockets, mortars and cluster bombs remain a serious threat to civilian populations and peacekeepers alike. (voanews.com)
  • Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror group, has carried out several deadly car bomb attacks in the city. (cnn.com)
  • A barrel bomb, on the other hand, is a particularly deadly weapon used by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 's regime, in part because they are plentiful and relatively inexpensive to build. (go.com)
  • Nearly 400 bomb disposers lost their lives during this deadly game of cat and mouse, and another 200 suffered serious injury. (historynet.com)
  • It covers topics such as training resources, bomb threat and incident response, legal aspects of bomb disposal, explosives and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), bomb technology, bomb disposal equipment, and explosive evidence handling. (routledge.com)
  • Bombs, IEDs, and Explosives provides a ready reference on a wide variety of technical, administrative, and legal information that makes it indispensable to bomb disposal professionals and units. (routledge.com)
  • Explosives and Bomb Technology. (routledge.com)
  • Events involving commercial or other, improvised explosives (e.g., pipe bombs) also were excluded. (cdc.gov)
  • Patek known as "Demolition Man" for his expertise with explosives, says he and other conspirators stashed the 1,540-pound (700-kilogram) bomb in four filing cabinets, loaded them in a Mitsubishi L300 van along with a TNT vest bomb. (salon.com)
  • Russia's air-dropped bombs are a major threat to Ukraine's soldiers and civilians, said military experts. (businessinsider.com)
  • It details specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) for various bomb threat and response scenarios, discusses protocols for requesting and supporting a bomb squad response, and addresses legal and forensic aspects of handling and associated recordkeeping. (routledge.com)
  • With the growing threat of chemical, biology, and radiological terrorism, the book recommends a stronger alliance of bomb disposal and hazardous materials response teams. (routledge.com)
  • If you receive a bomb threat by phone, be prepared. (umass.edu)
  • Read the Bomb Threat Call Taker Check List Procedure [PDF] developed by UMPD and Emergency Management Services. (umass.edu)
  • It offers guidance to those people who may be in the position to receive a bomb threat via telephone. (umass.edu)
  • Read the Bomb Threat Call Taker Check List Procedure [PDF] . (umass.edu)
  • Terrorist bomb? (newscientist.com)
  • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian militant charged in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks has told interrogators he spent weeks holed up in a rented house, painstakingly building a half-ton bomb using household items including a rice ladle, a grocer's scale and plastic bags. (salon.com)
  • Exclusions included events involving pesticide "bug bombs" or chemical bottles inadvertently broken during shipping. (cdc.gov)
  • In October, however, co-ordinated bomb attacks killed at least 155 people and wounded hundreds in Baghdad. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and forensic teams were investigating the types of bombs and trying to determine the motives behind the attacks. (bangkokpost.com)
  • At least 200 people were killed and more than 800 injured as a series of coordinated bomb attacks rocked parts of Bombay today. (theage.com.au)
  • Mr Sharad Pawar, the Chief Minister of the western state of Maharashtra, of which Bombay is the capital, told reporters the bomb attacks were part of a conspiracy to disrupt the economy. (theage.com.au)
  • Interviews with intelligence officials in Indonesia and the Philippines, the interrogation report and other documents obtained by the AP reveal the peripatetic life Patek led after the Bali attacks as he ranged widely and freely, often without passing through immigration checks, while allegedly passing along his bomb-making skills to other terrorists. (salon.com)
  • A typical cluster bomb can contain hundreds of sub-munitions, or bomblets, which scatter over a wide area. (voanews.com)
  • Due to the secrecy, it's difficult to know how many of the "Sealed v. Sealed" matters pertain to the bombing investigation, but many seem likely to be search warrants, supporting affidavits and lists of items seized in connection with the attack that killed three people and wounded scores more near the finish line just outside Boston's Copley Square. (politico.com)
  • Bomb Disposal and Investigation within the Public Safety Field. (routledge.com)
  • An Garda Síochána has announced that it has reopened its investigation into a 1972 bombing in Belturbet, Co Cavan, that killed two teenagers. (rte.ie)
  • The defense committee chairman in South Korea's parliament, Kim Young-woo cited a report from military authorities and said the yield was provisionally estimated at up to 100 kilotons, which would be around four or five times the size of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945, the South's official news agency Yonhap reported. (cnbc.com)
  • This will make it easier to remove the set bath bomb later. (ehow.com)
  • Warm the outside with your hands then carefully open it up releasing one side of the bath bomb. (ehow.com)
  • If you're finding it difficult to remove the bath bomb from the mold, it can help to tap the back with a spoon. (ehow.com)
  • Whether you're after a relaxing, petal-laden floral soak or an invigorating multilayered explosion of color and scent, there's a handmade bath bomb perfect for every bathing experience. (lush.com)
  • Running only $5 per bath bomb and $15 per jar of bath salts, the hemp-infused bath goodies are an affordable way to treat yourself. (popsugar.com)
  • Bompeii Ugly Sweater Bath Bomb ($5), with cinnamon and gardenia essential oils. (popsugar.com)
  • Bompeii White Grill Bath Bomb ($5), with pumpkin spice scent. (popsugar.com)
  • Comparison of Proportional Mortality Between Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors and the General Population During 1992-2019. (bvsalud.org)
  • In Japan , studies on the health status and mortality of atomic bomb survivors compared with the non-exposed population have been conducted. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, there have been no studies related to the mortality of Korean atomic bomb survivors . (bvsalud.org)
  • Therefore, we aimed to study the cause of death of atomic bomb survivors compared to that of the general population . (bvsalud.org)
  • Of 2,299 atomic bomb survivors registered with the Korean Red Cross , 2,176 were included in the study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Diseases of the circulatory system were the most common cause of death (25.4%), followed by neoplasms (25.1%) and diseases of the respiratory system (10.6%) in atomic bomb survivors who died between 1992 and 2019. (bvsalud.org)
  • The proportional mortality associated with respiratory diseases , nervous system diseases , and other diseases among atomic bomb survivors was higher than that of the general population . (bvsalud.org)
  • Overall, proportional mortality of respiratory diseases and nervous system diseases was high in atomic bomb survivors , compared with the general population . (bvsalud.org)
  • Further studies on the health status of Korean atomic bomb survivors are needed. (bvsalud.org)
  • That initial issue included an original description by Japanese author Dr Taro Takemi about how he diagnosed the atomic bomb and informed the emperor, who, after consultation, ended the war. (medscape.com)
  • A court in Ho Chi Minh City convicted 14 people on a charge of terrorism aimed at opposing the people's administration for a petrol bomb attack at the city's international airport in April and sentenced them to between five and 16 years in prison. (voanews.com)
  • Dang Hoang Thien, who was accused of making two petrol bombs, only one of which exploded, was given 16 years while 13 others received from five to 14 years in prison at the end of the two-day trial Wednesday, state-run Thanh Nien newspaper said. (voanews.com)
  • A police bomb disposal officer checks evidence after the blasts near the Hua Hin clock tower on Friday. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Most of the blasts were car bombs parked in crowded areas. (theage.com.au)
  • After the first car bomb, armed militants in a vehicle sped toward the palace and encountered heavy resistance from the presidential guards at a second checkpoint and a gunfight broke out there. (cnn.com)
  • Although homemade bombs are easily assembled by militants all over the world, making such powerful devices as those used in Bali - and using such unsophisticated equipment - would have taken enormous amount of care and expertise. (salon.com)
  • The 452nd Bomb Group lost over 200 planes due to enemy action or operational incidents. (angelfire.com)
  • The country is on high alert following a total of 13 bombing incidents that killed four people and injured 35 others in five southern provinces between Wednesday and Friday morning. (bangkokpost.com)
  • This has led investigators to conclude that the two bomb incidents were not linked, although they are not ruling out a "foreign element" in both explosions. (timesofmalta.com)
  • Russia's Soviet-era airplane bombs present a lethal challenge to Ukraine because they are difficult to intercept even using the most advanced air defense systems, military experts say. (businessinsider.com)
  • Spicer's comment caused confusion because the Assad regime dropped an estimated 13,000 barrel bombs in 2016 alone, according to human rights groups, and they are used against the Syrian civilian population to this day. (go.com)
  • This photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), shows Syrian civil defense workers inspecting damaged buildings, after barrel bombs were dropped on the Bab al-Nairab neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, Aug. 27, 2016. (go.com)
  • The army inquiry concluded in December that the bombs were "a concrete military necessity" in Lebanon and did not violate international laws that aim to protect civilians from deliberate wartime attack. (latimes.com)
  • JERUSALEM - Israeli troops killed the suspected mastermind of a Tel Aviv suicide bombing and a second Palestinian militiaman during a West Bank chase Tuesday, and Israel's Supreme Court upheld the practice of demolishing homes of Palestinian terror suspects without warning. (foxnews.com)
  • Almost an hour has passed since the suicide bombs on board three underground trains exploded. (newscientist.com)
  • A remark by White House press secretary Sean Spicer Monday had some wondering whether the use of barrel bombs against civilians in Syria would be a new red line for the Trump administration. (go.com)
  • In the aftermath of the bus bomb, questions were raised about how emergency services had reacted to the blast. (newscientist.com)
  • Spokeswoman Christina Sterling offered the same explanation regarding the search warrants, which she acknowledged remain sealed three months after the bombing. (politico.com)
  • It was the first airstrike against Gaza since July 22 when a one-ton bomb dropped by an F-16 killed 15 Palestinians, including the Hamas military leader and nine children. (foxnews.com)
  • Pakistani police and officials say at least 85 people have been killed in a bomb attack in the country's troubled southwestern Balochistan province. (rferl.org)
  • The path of a buried bomb varied from job to job, but it was rarely straight. (historynet.com)
  • The bombs are rarely in the air for a little more than a minute, and unlike cruise missiles or attack drones, they are hard to track, appearing as little dots on radar screens that soon disappear. (businessinsider.com)
  • If nothing else, the administration's announcement that it has in custody a terror suspect who plotted to explode a radiological "dirty" bomb in the US may show how Al Qaeda has adapted after having its primary organization crushed and that the terror group continues to look for creative ways to land a blow that would likely stun the nation. (csmonitor.com)
  • When a bomb falls, where does it explode? (bvsalud.org)
  • In addition, most bombs dropped from German aircraft hit the ground at an angle of approximately 12 degrees, continued straight down for about 10 feet, when the fins were ripped off, and then jinked sideways or forward, coming to rest as much as 10 feet away from a vertical line through the hole of entry. (historynet.com)
  • Melnyk told Insider that the "dumb" freefalling bombs are dropped from an aircraft during horizontal flights or with the plane's nose up or down. (businessinsider.com)
  • The Army plans to fly the bombs on C-141 cargo aircraft to Dugway proving grounds in western Utah and then truck them over a mountain pass to the Tooele Army Depot. (csmonitor.com)
  • The system is similar to the JDAM-ER kits sent to Ukraine by the US, which converts existing unguided bombs into precision-guided munitions. (businessinsider.com)
  • A few minutes later, the second car bomb went off near a newly opened hotel," Abdi said. (cnn.com)
  • 3pm: A bomb went off at Centre Point Market in Muang district, Trang province. (bangkokpost.com)
  • 11pm: A bomb went off at the Raintree spa in Hua Hin. (bangkokpost.com)
  • 7.45am: A bomb went off at the Loma public park in Patong district, Phuket. (bangkokpost.com)
  • 8.45am A bomb went off at a traffic control box in Kathu district, Phuket. (bangkokpost.com)
  • 9am: Two bombs went off five minutes apart in Hua Hin. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Martin Cachia, 56, was killed in January when a bomb went off inside the Alfa Romeo he was driving along the Marsascala bypass. (timesofmalta.com)
  • But I just kept to my philosophy that if a bomb went off and I was right on top of it then I wouldn't know anything about it. (historynet.com)
  • The Junior Home (Interior) Minister, Mr Rajesh Pilot, told Parliament in New Delhi that the bombs went off in 13 places within 90 minutes of each other. (theage.com.au)
  • Bomb disposal during London's Blitz was a job for the brave-and the lucky. (historynet.com)
  • A little after first light on Sunday, May 11, 1941, a bomb disposal squad threaded its way through the scarred streets of London toward Victoria Station, one of the city's main rail terminuses. (historynet.com)
  • The field of bomb disposal is constantly evolving. (routledge.com)
  • Bomb Disposal Organization. (routledge.com)
  • Legal Aspects of Bomb Disposal. (routledge.com)
  • Bomb Disposal Equipment. (routledge.com)
  • In 1979, he attended the Hazardous Devices School and then established the bomb disposal function for the MCSO. (routledge.com)
  • Then, the bombs are dropped from planes and helicopters without any guidance equations to specify where they land. (go.com)
  • Russia is modifying its simple bombs, equipping them with guidance systems to create cheap and effective substitutes for expensive guided missiles. (businessinsider.com)
  • U.S. citizen Jose Padilla was arrested May 8 in a plot to detonate a 'dirty bomb' spewing low-level radiation. (theonion.com)
  • Former Chicago street-gang member with links to Al Qaeda held for allegedly planning to set off 'dirty bomb. (csmonitor.com)
  • On the other hand, the timing of the revelations about the alleged dirty-bomb plot may raise questions of possible political motivation, coming as they do so closely after the White House's proposal to establish a new Department of Homeland Security and intelligence lapses leading up to Sept. 11. (csmonitor.com)
  • Dirty bomb drills being run in Austin, Tex., ahead of known radiological terror cells entering U.S. (naturalnews.com)
  • Homemade chemical bombs (HCBs) are made from commonly found chemicals. (cdc.gov)
  • Incident records from states that participated in the surveillance program for at least 3 years during 2003-2011 were searched for the keywords "bottle," "bomb," or "homemade" in database fields that contain a synopsis of the event and health department comments. (cdc.gov)
  • A transcript of the Umar Patek's interrogation obtained by The Associated Press offers extraordinary detail of the Bali plot just days before Patek - a radical Islamist once Southeast Asia's most-wanted bomb-making suspect - goes on trial in Jakarta for his alleged role in the nightclub attack that killed 202 people. (salon.com)
  • Near the station, a policeman briefed the squad: Five bombs had dropped in and around the immediate area, but none had detonated. (historynet.com)
  • In his 25-year career in Martin County he was a crime scene investigator, fingerprint specialist, bomb technician, bomb squad commander, supervisor of the Forensic Science and Records Units, and environmental investigator. (routledge.com)
  • A hole was, on average, two inches larger than the bomb that had carved it and Beckingham's tape measure indicated he was on the trail of a bomb weighing 550 pounds. (historynet.com)
  • The powerful bombs can weigh from 1,100 to 2,200 pounds. (businessinsider.com)
  • Each bomb contains 320 pounds of the chemical. (csmonitor.com)
  • Investigators in the first case believe Mr Cachia, 56, was not actually the target of the bomb, as the force of the explosion indicated it was he who was transporting the device inside his red Alfa. (timesofmalta.com)
  • You get a bomb-shaped pen and an explosion-shaped sticky note pad. (geekalerts.com)
  • Bompeii , an independent vendor of handmade bath products, has created CBD-oil-infused bath bombs and salts in hopes of easing customers' muscle pains. (popsugar.com)
  • Zelda fans will love this handmade Zelda Bomb Bag with 3 Blue Bombs. (geekalerts.com)
  • Emily Klancher Merchant Building the Population Bomb Oxford University Press, 2021. (lu.se)
  • To build a barrel bomb, an explosive device and shrapnel are packed into a barrel-like container. (go.com)
  • Spanish Bombs" compares the modern day tourist experience of Spain with the circumstances of the Spanish Civil War, and contrasts the "trenches full of poets" to the planeloads of British tourists visiting the country's beaches in the post-Franco era. (wikipedia.org)
  • The North's leader, Kim Jung Un , had been shown in an undated picture released by the country's news agency on Sunday inspecting what was claimed to be a hydrogen bomb. (cnbc.com)
  • The issue has sparked a complex debate about whether it would be just as safe to continue storing the bombs at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Stapleton International Airport in Denver or undertake the delicate and potentially dangerous task of transporting the bombs by plane and truck to a remote location in Utah where similar chemicals are handled. (csmonitor.com)
  • North Korea's supreme dear leader signed the order to test hydrogen bomb to be fitted to the ICBM and accordingly North Korea has tested a hydrogen bomb at noon on Sept. 3rd (North Korea time) and succeeded totally,' a female newscaster said on the KCNA televised announcement, according to an NBC News translation. (cnbc.com)
  • Natural News) Sharri Markson of Sky News in Australia has dropped a major bomb on Tony Fauci and his contrived Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) plandemic narrative. (naturalnews.com)
  • He said he was living in Solo, Indonesia, when mastermind Imam Samudra approached him to make a bomb in Bali. (salon.com)
  • The 452nd Bomb Group would be among the last of the B-17 Heavy Bomber Groups to arrive in England, but the timing of its arrival would later prove to be at a critical time in the War s history. (angelfire.com)
  • But Laos, on which the US inflicted the most intensive bombing campaign of all time, largely escaped the world's notice. (newint.org)
  • They were low-pressure time bombs detonated by mobile phones. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Every time the British figured out how to defuse one type of bomb, the Germans developed another. (historynet.com)
  • In those days, the materials available to me reflected the William Shirer/Time-Life triumphalist-nationalist school, but even those works of propaganda gave strategic bombing at least a glance. (codoh.com)
  • Political terrorism is almost exclusively the province of the Left in America, so naturally, conservatives find the timing of the delivery of non-functioning, vaguely scary-looking replicas of letter bombs this week to opponents of President Trump suspicious to say the least. (frontpagemag.com)
  • Vietnamese courts have handed down harsh prison sentences to two dozen people after finding them guilty of terrorism and subversion, including in a bombing linked to an exiled group, state media reported Thursday. (voanews.com)
  • The Iraqi parliament is holding an emergency session to discuss the bombing. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The Army says the public is in no danger, but an Army report last year said it was likely the condition of the bombs would continue to deteriorate. (csmonitor.com)
  • The same Army report on the condition of the bombs last year attributed some of the leaks to fractures caused by "stress. (csmonitor.com)
  • At least eight people - mostly children - died in a school bombing in Baghdad on Monday. (bbc.co.uk)
  • A boy reacts as he walks past the site of a bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta that killed more than 80 people. (rferl.org)
  • A police officer said the bomb was detonated when the market was packed with people shopping for their evening meal. (rferl.org)
  • At Monday's briefing, Spicer told reporters, "The answer is if you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb into innocent people I think you will see a response from this president. (go.com)
  • Speaking before a U.N. panel in 2015, Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch , said barrel bombs have played a major role in fueling one of the largest exoduses of people since World War II. (go.com)
  • 14 September 2005 -- Police say a car bomb was detonated today in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad, killing some 80 people and wounding dozens of others. (rferl.org)
  • It would take a bomb to wake some people up. (geekalerts.com)
  • For those people, here is the Defusable Bomb Alarm Clock. (geekalerts.com)
  • The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said helicopters dropped crude barrel bombs on the area. (go.com)
  • Now, Shirer, in the three pages - out of a total of 1,483 - that he devotes to the subject of area bombing, describes the destruction only of German "cities" and "homes," as if the inhabitants themselves were magically untouched. (codoh.com)
  • Example of Drop the Bomb - 'Im about to go in there and tell the boss that we lost the Hong Kong deal, £400 mil . (urbandictionary.com)
  • Person 1: 'Yo man i gotta drop a bomb so bad its turtling . (urbandictionary.com)
  • god DAMN, motherfucker, did you just drop a bomb? (urbandictionary.com)
  • Drop the Bomb means to betray somebody. (urbandictionary.com)
  • Tsunami Bomb surprise drop a brand new recording of a classic track, and all proceeds go to help fellow musicians in need. (alternativetentacles.com)
  • So why not drop them like bombs using this Cool52s Ice Tray? (geekalerts.com)
  • Join us on Monday, May 10 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET for Moms Drop Truth Bombs: A Conversation on Motherhood in the Nuclear Age [1] , the 2nd annual Women's Initiative event. (ploughshares.org)
  • For this virtual event, we've asked a few of our favorite mothers working for peace and security to drop a few "truth bombs" they've discovered along the way that will ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again. (ploughshares.org)
  • The newly formed 452nd Bomb Group at Rapid City, South Dakota - June 1943. (angelfire.com)
  • Know anyone that has real skill with dropping the F bomb? (geekalerts.com)
  • Some bombs- the ones with the semi-armor piercing casing known as Sprengbombe Dickwandig (thick-cased high explosive) penetrated as far down as 60 feet. (historynet.com)
  • After the attack in Dora, a bomb blew up in Shourja Market, near the health ministry. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Learn more about bombing related health and safety information. (cdc.gov)
  • The teenagers were killed instantly when the bomb exploded on the main street in the town on 28 December 1972. (rte.ie)
  • When the bomb exploded, Paddy was in the public phone kiosk on the main street, trying to telephone his parents to tell them he would not be home. (rte.ie)
  • You could say that your lamp is the bomb, but you can't mean it in the literal sense unless you've got the Megaton Massive Bomb Lamp. (geekalerts.com)