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Italian Scientists Convicted of Not Warning of Earthquake

Wed, 2012-10-24 00:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Collapsed church building from 2009 earthquake in central Italy

voanews.com - October 22, 2012

An Italian court on Monday convicted seven scientists and experts of manslaughter for underestimating the risks of a killer earthquake and failing to adequately warn citizens before it struck the central Italian town of L'Aquila in 2009.

More than 300 people were killed, tens of thousands were left homeless, and the town's historic center and medieval churches were destroyed in the 6.3-magnitude quake.

Prosecutors argued that the defendants - members of a national panel that assesses major risks - offered "incomplete, imprecise and contradictory information" to residents.

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The Third Biennial Championing Public Health Nutrition 2012

Thu, 2012-10-11 15:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Centre for Science in the Public Interest - cspinet.org

2012 Conference

The Third Biennial Championing Public Health Nutrition
October 29-30, 2012 at the University of Toronto's Hart House
7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, Canada

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Biodynamics for Costa Rica

Thu, 2012-10-04 22:03 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Services

Objective:
Provide technical tools, and eco-social practices, to build sustainable human development and integral to Costa Rica and Central America.

Par services we offer:

-Support to build agro biodynamic production models

-Preparation and distribution of biodynamic preparations

Agricultural-Development-astronomical calendars

-Training of farmers biodynamic.

-Courses and trainings, in interagency joint working logic, for the impact on the public sector.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbiodinamicacostarica.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F10%2Fxxvii-encuentro-latinoamericano-de.html

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Questions to Stimulate Discourse Regarding A Collapse in Food Distribution Systems

Sun, 2012-09-30 01:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Michael McDonald’s Original E-Mail

 

From: Michael McDonald
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 5:48 AM
To: John T. Hoffman; Tom McGinn
Cc: Ross, Robert G; Linton Wells; Samuel Bendett; David A Hastings; Gresalfi, Michael; Timothy Siftar; Rahul Gupta; Luis Kun; Carl Taylor; gavin; Tim Stephens; Christine Springer; Lyerly, William; Gavin Mcgregor-Skinner; Ray Shirkhodai; Allen Clark; David Franz; Gary Vroegindewey
Subject: Questions to Stimulate Discourse Regarding A Collapse in Food Distribution Systems

 

John, Tom, and colleagues, 

 

I will be interacting with food distributors, state emergency managers, a state food council, and other food and emergency management stakeholders regarding preparations for a massive food crisis in the U.S.  They have asked for a series of general questions for stimulating a discussion about their management and governance in severe crises associated with food.  I would like to have your input into the framing of this discussion.  Many of the same questions need to be directed at medical supply distributers as well.  Here is the first draft series of my questions:

 

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2012 Innovation to Inspiration - i2i Awardees

Sun, 2012-09-23 23:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

techconnect.org

Congratulations to the 2012 i2i Awardees. Over 150 high quality submissions were vetted by the joint Investment & Corporate review committee based on the potential positive impact of the submitted innovations for the planet and society. Join us as these leading companies present their inspiring technologies to the SXSW Eco community, October 3-5, in Austin Texas!

http://www.techconnect.org/i2i/awardees.html

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[Research] Data on Nonprofit Cloud Computing: Anywhere, Anytime Technology for Social Change

Sun, 2012-09-23 23:03 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

bethkanter.org - by Beth Kanter - September 20, 2012

“Cloud Computing” is when you use software on the Internet versus your local hard drive or local computer network.  It makes your data and documents available anywhere, anytime.

TechSoup has just released the results of a global study of NGOs about cloud computing with some interesting findings.

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2012 Global Cloud Computing Translated Survey Results
http://www.techsoupglobal.org/translated-cloud-reports

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Safe Cities Initiatives

Sun, 2012-09-23 21:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Mike Kraft

linkedin.com

Terrorism, man made incidents, natural disasters and the current global economic climate, have forced cities to implement Safe City technologies and strategies. Safe City key elements include Social Media Analytics/Monitoring, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and leveraging emerging homeland security technologies to gain greater situational awareness for law enforcement professionals. The purpose of this group is to discuss emerging trends and technologies in the Safe City arena and serve as a networking environment for Safe City professionals. Emerging technologies in this area are PSIM (Physical Security Information Management), Biometrics-Access Control, Social Media Analysis-Monitoring, Explosives and Narcotics Trace Detection and Tactical & Emergency Communications Systems.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4418022&goback=.gde_1528217_member_165228150

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Twitter’s New Lifeline Feature in Japan Helps People Find Relevant Accounts Quickly During Emergencies

Sun, 2012-09-23 21:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees - by Matthew Panzarino - September 22, 2012

Twitter just launched a very cool feature in Japan called Lifeline. It allows Japanese users of Twitter to use their postal code to find and follow local accounts that are important in emergencies.

These could be accounts that are maintained by city, district or prefecture governments, which will be updating in the event of natural disasters or emergencies. These accounts could also include local media and utility companies that are informing customers about electricity outages or other necessary services.

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Video - Humor - Weathergirl Goes Rogue

Tue, 2012-09-11 18:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Florence Gibert

This weather report would be hilarious if it was not frightening.  Arctic ice cover just reached its lowest point in recorded history. Pippa goes off script and drops some science.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TmfcJP_0eMc

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CRICS 9 eHealth - Reaching Universal Access to Health

Sun, 2012-09-09 23:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                   

The Ninth Regional Congress on Health Sciences Information – CRICS9 will be held at the Pan American Health Organization Headquarters, in Washington, DC – USA, during October 22 – 24, 2012.

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