In some people, the signal, called the vasovagal reflex, is set off by emotional stress; in others, by prolonged standing.
Society is set off from the Baptist Church of Reading.
Settled about 1750 and originally called Yokuntown, it was set off from Richmond in 1767 and was probably named for Charles Lennox, 3rd duke of Richmond and a defender of colonial rights.
Firefighters, responding to a 911 call about carbon monoxide detectors being set off, went door to door, some with axes, and ordered occupants to leave at once.
If the alarm in the building has been set off by accident, call 9-911 from a campus phone or 911 from most cell phones immediately and explain the situation.
Sometime in late 1968, Charles Manson was listening to "The Beatles," to use the proper name of what's most often called the White Album, and decided that "Helter Skelter," an upbeat rocker about a roller coaster at an English amusement park, was a call to black insurrection in America, to be set off by the brutal murders of an actress, a hairdresser, a coffee heiress, and several other innocents.
The state ambulance service said it had received more than 250 calls before midday from people suffering breathing problems and the fire service received more than 500 calls between 3am and 7am as alarms were set off by the dust.
While the latest spate of fighting was set off by the calls for Shariah, it was also linked to Nigeria's web of ethnic disputes and the north's waning power since democratic rule was instituted last year.
BERLIN — Germany's recent decision to declare a terrorism alert and dispatch heavily armed police around the nation was set off by phone calls from a man who said he wanted to quit working with terrorists and warned of a pending Mumbai-style attack, according to a law enforcement official with firsthand knowledge of the alert.
