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Germany CEOs Lament Lost Innovation as Fracking Angst Rises

Thu, 2014-06-12 21:42 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

BMW Chief Executive Officer Norbert Reithofer uses the term “German Angst” to explain the paradox of the country’s innovation ability on one hand and its reluctance to embrace technological change on the other. 
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

bloomberg.com - by Sheenagh Matthews - June 10, 2014

Germany has rejected genetically modified crops, nuclear power and magnetic levitation trains. Now, the country that invented the modern car and X-ray technology is adding fracking to the list of innovations it’s wary of.

Business leaders had lobbied for the extraction method, which injects water and chemicals underground, to lessen Germany’s dependence on Vladimir Putin’s Russia where a third of its natural gas supply is derived. Last week, the government started preparing a law to limit fracking to rare cases, unlike in the U.S. where the practice is widespread.

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Mississippi State University Student-Athletes Respond in Tornado Relief

Wed, 2014-04-30 15:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

MSU student-athletes set up a tornado relief shelter on Tuesday. (PHOTO CREDIT: Megan Bean)

hailstate.com - April 30, 2014

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- A day after destructive tornadoes swept through the state of Mississippi, Mississippi State student-athletes from all sports responded as volunteers in the relief efforts.

MSU student-athletes, graduate assistants, athletic department staff, weight room staff and equipment staff quickly set up a tornado relief center and shelter in the parking lot of the Palmeiro Center on the MSU campus. The relief center is being coordinated by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

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NY Resilience Dashboard: Project Overview Draft Document 0.3

Mon, 2014-04-28 22:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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NY Resilience Dashboard: Disaster Resilience Indicators

Mon, 2014-04-28 21:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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NY Resilience Dashboard: Dept of Interior Cascading Consequences of Sandy

Mon, 2014-04-28 21:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux
 
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NY Resilience Dashboard: NOAA Coastal Resilience Index

Mon, 2014-04-28 21:49 — Kathy Gilbeaux 
See: http://www.southernclimate.org/documents/resources/Coastal_Resilience_Index_Sea_Grant.pdf
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NY Resilience Dashboard: Background Slide Deck

Mon, 2014-04-28 21:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Use of Dashboards within Open Information Sharing Environments

Sun, 2014-04-27 15:53 — mdmcdonald

As data is collected through resilience assessment in the Sandy-impacted area, the key findings in regards to mission critical functions determining health, human security, resilience, and sustainability will be put up in the NYRS Resilience Networks (e.g., Rockaway Resilience Network, Canarsie Resilience Network). These free, open information sharing environments will use the dashboards and their GIS maps to enable communities to identify priority gaps, work with local government to engage participatory budgeting, and utilize task servers to direct resources to solution sets the community can engage to resolve mission critical gaps.

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World Disasters Report 2013

Sat, 2014-04-26 20:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies

The World Disasters Report 2013 examines the profound impact of technological innovations on humanitarian action, how humanitarians employ technology in new and creative ways, and what risks and opportunities may emerge as a result of technological innovations.

The responsible use of technology offers concrete ways to make humanitarian assistance more effective, efficient and accountable and can, in turn, directly reduce vulnerability and strengthen resilience. Finding ways for advances in technology to serve the most vulnerable is a moral imperative; a responsibility, not a choice.

Published annually since 1993, the World Disasters Report brings together the latest trends, facts and analysis of contemporary catastrophes and their effect on vulnerable populations worldwide. Initiated by the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, it convenes eminent researchers, authors and development and humanitarian aid practitioners to highlight contemporary issues on a yearly basis.

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Local People Need Access to Technology to Survive Disasters

Sat, 2014-04-26 16:33 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Indian villagers stand on the breached embankment of a swollen river. The widespread use of technology played a huge role in preventing a large loss of life when cyclone Phailin hit the country. Photograph: AP

Technology can greatly enhance the ability of disaster-affected communities to help themselves, says world disasters report

theguardian.com - by Mark Tran
October 17, 2013

Lack of access to information and technology has a major bearing on people's ability to prepare for, survive and recover from disasters, according to the 2013 world disasters report.

While new technologies greatly enhance the ability of disaster-affected communities to help themselves, the report, published by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Geneva . . . says access to technology is deeply unequal. This digital divide is prominent in the most disaster-prone countries around the world.

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