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Sun, 2012-01-22 04:47 — mdmcdonald
The Emergency Management Collaboratory is focused on improving emergency management in San Francisco.

The mission of the Emergency Management Collaboratory is to improve emergency management in San Francisco.

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New App Helps Queensland Coordinate Volunteers

Sat, 2012-03-03 23:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - March 2, 2012

Researchers from the University of Queensland have developed a new smartphone app to help mobilize and coordinate volunteer efforts during major disasters.

Following the historic floods that caused an estimated $5.6 billion in damage, an unprecedented number of volunteers appeared to help clean houses, roads, and buildings across the state. More than 50,000 people showed up for the recovery effort, prompting the nickname “mud army.”

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that in the event of another disaster, Premier Anna Bligh said the Ready Qld app, which is free to download, will allow volunteers to search for areas where they are needed and sign up to help.

“This app will not only inform Queenslanders about preparedness for disasters - resources, checklists and advice - but will also provide real-time updates and information about volunteering opportunities in your local area,” Bligh explained.

With the app, which was developed in conjunction with Volunteering Queensland, volunteers can register for a variety of tasks including community response to extreme weather.

Anticipating The Perfect Storm of Impossible Events

Tue, 2012-02-21 22:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Jonathan King

By: Rich Miller - datacenterknowledge.com - February 20, 2012

Jesse Robbins is a trained fireman. He also has managed some of the world’s largest Internet infrastructures. Robbins says the lessons of fire readiness can be applied to building reliable systems.

“You cannot learn the lessons of failure without experiencing it,” said Robbins, the co-founder and Chief Community Office at Opscode. “That’s why we do fire drills.”

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Invisibility Cloak to Protect Buildings from Earthquakes

Sat, 2012-02-18 01:08 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett and Linton Wells

Homeland Security News Wire - February 15, 2012

Scientists show that by cloaking components of structures with pressurized rubber, powerful waves such as those produced by an earthquake would not “see” the building — they would simply pass around the structure and thus prevent serious damage or destruction

University of Manchester mathematicians have developed the theory for a Harry Potter-style cloaking device which could protect buildings from earthquakes.

Dr. William Parnell’s team in the University’s School of Mathematics has been working on the theory of invisibility cloaks which, until recently, have been merely the subject of science fiction.

In recent times, however, scientists have been getting close to achieving cloaking in a variety of contexts. A University of Manchester release reports that the work from the team at Manchester focuses on the theory of cloaking devices which could eventually help to protect buildings and structures from vibrations and natural disasters such as earthquakes.

The Age of Big Data

Fri, 2012-02-17 17:22 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Image/Chad Hagen - The New York Times Company

submitted by Samuel Bendett

by Steve Lohr - The New York Times -February 11, 2012

GOOD with numbers? Fascinated by data? The sound you hear is opportunity knocking.

Mo Zhou was snapped up by I.B.M. last summer, as a freshly minted Yale M.B.A., to join the technology company’s fast-growing ranks of data consultants. They help businesses make sense of an explosion of data — Web traffic and social network comments, as well as software and sensors that monitor shipments, suppliers and customers — to guide decisions, trim costs and lift sales. “I’ve always had a love of numbers,” says Ms. Zhou, whose job as a data analyst suits her skills.

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