May 18, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Emergency

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Readying for a Radiological Disaster? Preparing for Dirty Bombs, Nuclear Disaster and Other Radiological Emergencies

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 05.07.2013 | Healthy Living

Read More: Readiness, Be Ready, Fear, Preparing for Disaster, Nuclear Disasters, Nuclear Disaster, Emergency, Disaster, Being Ready, Emergencies, Radiological Events, Fears, Nuclear Event, Disaster Preparation, Healthy Living News

Disaster, especially terrorism, notwithstanding its horrific initial impact on lives and property, takes its greatest toll, over time, by destabilizing the emotional -- and thus economic -- fabric of a community, state or nation.

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Change Our Story: May Day -- A Few Definitions

Peter Buffett | Posted 05.01.2013 | Impact

Read More: Time, May Day, Emergency, Paganism, May, Change, Impact, Celebration, Christianity, Evolution, Impact News

Instead of celebrating our connection and relationship to the changing seasons and cycles of nature -- as in the original May Day -- we have turned it into a spring holiday.

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Mali Crisis: Life on the Edge of a War Zone

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 04.09.2013 | Impact

Read More: Catholic Relief Services, Assistance, West Africa, Emergency, Mali, Catholic, Crisis, Impact News

View image By Helen Blakesley It's not every day you're sent to a war zone. Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a little. I'm not behind the lines where th...

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Mali: Internally Displaced People (IDPs) From Timbuktu -- What next? On Their Disrupted Past and Uncertain future

CARE | Posted 04.07.2013 | World

Read More: Mali, Emergency, Idps, Crisis, Food Distribution, Care International, Timbuktu, World News

Their stories sound the same, with small variations, punctured by half sentences, and words such as fear, "had to flee," "on the road for four days," "could not take anything with us," "husband left behind," "life turned upside down."

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Experiencing Typhoon Bopha

Caroline Gluck | Posted 02.08.2013 | World

Read More: Philippines, Natural Disasters, Typhoon, Emergency, Typhoon Bopha, Oxfam, Typhoon Bopha Philippines, Extreme Weather, World News

"Everything that we worked to build up has been destroyed. If the village captain hadn't gathered everyone together during the typhoon, we probably wouldn't be here right now. Our homes have almost all been destroyed or washed away, except for a very few."

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Post-Sandy Borrowers Face Uncertain Credit Help Due To Bank's Murky Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 11.14.2012 | Home

Read More: Loan, Fema, Capital One, Lending, Chase, Emergency, Bank of America, Aid, Credit Cards, Waivers, American Express, Hurricane, Video, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Citibank, Banks, Fees, Home News

Karen Sposato is one of the lucky homeowners in Breezy Point, N.Y., a community ravaged by Hurricane Sandy and the devastating fires that followed -- ...

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How To Tweet During An Emergency

ReadWriteWeb | Posted 10.30.2012 | Technology

Read More: Emergency, Twitter, Hurricane Isaac, Technology News

Analyzing microblogs during two natural disasters, the researchers concluded that people online in those situations are often using Twitter and simila...

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A Lifesaver Goes Back to School

Eli Beer | Posted 10.14.2012 | Impact

Read More: School, Harvard, Beer, Emt, United, Rescue, Emergency, Israel, Eli, Hatzolah, Business, Hatzalah, Ichud, Impact News

For the first time, not only did I want to study academically, I couldn't get enough of it. Here I was in one of the best universities in the world listening to the highest level professors and learning so much.

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What To Put In Your Money Survival Kit

Credit.com | Posted 09.18.2012 | Home

Read More: Emergency, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Money, Passwords, Financial Security, Money Emergency Kit, Financial Emergency Kit, Home News

To make sure your financial house is truly in order, it's important to keep a back-up of certain documents that can be accessed following a natural disaster or emergency.

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Predictive Analytics: Using Real-Time Data to Help Transform Public Safety

Posted 07.01.2012 | Technology

Read More: Smarter Cities, Fire Department, Ibm, Smarter Ideas, Crime, Police, Analytics, Emergency, Real-Time, Patrol, Public Safety, Video, Technology News

Through using predictive analytics, real-time insights transform public safety, and enables the police and fire departments to prevent crime and fight...

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3 Steps to Preparing for an Emergency

Women & Co | Posted 06.17.2012 | Home

While there are only so many risk factors you can control, it doesn't mean you can't, or shouldn't, plan for the unexpected. Here are three steps you could take to help you prepare for an emergency.

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Verizon 'Emergency' Text Alert Causes Panic In New Jersey

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 02.11.2012 | Technology

Read More: Alert, Verizon, Homeland Security, Panic, Wireless, Emergency, Text, New Jersey, Cell Phone, Technology News

NEWARK, N.J. — Not quite the "War Of The Worlds" broadcast of a Martian invasion in New Jersey, a Verizon "emergency" alert Monday that the comp...

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Fibbing About the Record for Emergency Appropriation Offsets

Scott Lilly | Posted 11.29.2011 | Politics

Read More: House, House of Representatives, Federal Budget Deficit, Emergency Spending, Budget, Emergency, Fema, Iraq, Eric Cantor, Politics News

The office of Majority Leader Cantor continues to actively misrepresent the facts concerning how Congress in recent years has handled emergency spending and whether or not offsetting natural disasters has been a common practice.

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FCC Lays Out Plan For Texting 9-1-1

Reuters | Posted 10.11.2011 | Technology

Read More: Emergency, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Text Messaging, 911 Emergency, 911, Texting, Technology News

Consumers will be able to text and send multimedia messages to 9-1-1 emergency call centers under a new plan from the top communications regulator. ...

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5 Organizations You Can Turn To During A Financial Disaster

Posted 08.20.2011 | Impact

Read More: Emergency, Disaster, Debt, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Angel Foundation, Brookings Institution, Finances, Slidepollajax, Financial Crisis, Impact News

If your car broke down tomorrow, would you be able to scrounge together enough cash to pay for repairs and cover this month's utilities? If this mak...

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Seeing the World Through "Apocalypse Eyes"

Christal Smith | Posted 07.31.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Emergency, Rapture, Apolocalypse, Survival, Disaster Preparation, Survival Tips, Neil Strauss, End of the World, Survival Guide, Emt, Los Angeles News

So you survived the second coming. As we embark on this post-Rapture era, don't you dare breathe a sigh of relief before hearing what Neil Strauss has to say.

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Pakistan's Worst Emergency Yet

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Emergency, Education, Pakistan, Pakistan Floods, World News

There are all types of emergencies in practically every part of Pakistan. No, really, we've got it all -- ranging from floods, political strife, inter...

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Lesson From Japan: For Your Family's Health and Well-Being, Prepare for Disaster

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 06.04.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: First Aid, Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Health, Disaster, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Emergency Preparedness, Los Angeles News

When preparing for disaster, it's crucial to assume you will need to rely on your own supplies for at least three days.

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Cambodia's Bon Om Touk Stampede Preventable

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Phnom Penh-Cambodia, Phnom-Penh-Cambodia, Cambodia, Disaster, Emergency, Stampede, Bodies, Phnom Penh, Disaster Management, Death, World News

Cambodia's government failed its people at all levels.

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ER Visits For Concussions Soar Among Kid Athletes

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Sports, Kids Health, Kids, Athletes, Emergency, Emergency Room, Concussions, Head Concussion, Healthy Living News

CHICAGO — Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' spor...

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Emergency Powers and Thailand's Internal Colonization

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Politics, Law, Suthep Thaugsuban, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, Human Rights, Robert Amsterdam, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Rule of Law, Emergency, Democracy, Bangkok, Asia, Bangkok Protests, Dictatorship, World News

The emergency decree is still in force in 10 regions in Thailand, and allows authorities shut down media, freeze bank accounts and arrest citizens with no charges.

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FCC Broadband Plan Calls For Next Generation 9-1-1

Lon S. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Fcc, Enhanced 911, Law Enforcement 2.0, Law Enforcement, Police, 911, Emergency, Next Generation 911, Broadband Plan, National Broadband Plan, NG 911, ng911, Technology News

In the Broadband Plan, the FCC says it is vital that a new 911 system with dramatically increased capabilities be deployed as a part of it's overall set of recommendations to upgrade and extend the country's broadband network.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Nasa, Coronal Mass Ejection, Super Flare, Energy, Earth, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Bp, Gulf of Mexico, Climate, Health, Water, Lighting, Food, Weather, Health Care, Shelter, Mobility, Safety, Transportation, National Security, Security, Communication, Hot Star, Soho, Star, Solar Flare, Sun, BP Oil Spill, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, Green, Green Energy, Green Living, Sustainability, Battery Life, Smart Grid, Batteries, Electromagnetic Pulse, Electromagnetic Radiation, Emp, Bahamas, Europe, Telegraph, Jamaica, Solar Energy, Solar Maximum, US, Latin America, Solar Cycle, Carrington Event, Hawaii, Cuba, Cme, Brown Dwarf, Space Environment Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sec, Substation, Generator, Transformer, Switching Equipment, National Grid, Electricity, Quebec, Canada, Ground Cover, Herbicides, Catastrophe, Exxon Valdez, Hemp, High-Altitude ElectroMagnetic Pulse, Magnetic Field, Electric Field, X-Ray, Magnetosphere, Fuel, Emergency, Radioactive, Gps, Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Automatic Teller Machines, Credit Cards, Atm, Cash, New Jersey, 1989, Geomagnetic Axis, Heliosphere, North America, 1859, Civilisation, Alternative Energy, Infrastructure, Off Grid, Community, Astronomy, Microprocessors, Technology News

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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How Can Our 2010 Be Different

Deborah Calla | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Holidays, Change, Christmas, New Years, Environment, Emergency, Community, Healthy Living News

Okay what's going on? Someone tries to blow up an American jetliner, somebody else dies at the age of 32, the arctic continues to melt and Christmas is behind us.

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