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Global Disaster Information Network in
the Works to Help Remote Crisis-Stricken
Areas Around the World;Preliminary
Findings to Be Presented at World
Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe,
Japan, January 18-22, 2005

Global Disaster Information Network in
the Works to Help Remote Crisis-Stricken
Areas Around the World;Preliminary
Findings to Be Presented at World
Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe,
Japan, January 18-22, 2005 01/05/2005 03:28 AM
In the aftermath of the tsunamis that devastated Asia in late December 2004, observers pointed out that lack of official, credible information gave victims and governments in the area little prior warning of the impending disaster. Although still in the developmental stages, a partnership of the Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) and the Organsation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is creating an information system that may significantly reduce the impact of future natural and manmade disasters. Native American Pueblo and Navajo Nations in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado are providing pilot sites for the GDIN system. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

Jonah Goldberg on the Republican
National Convention and Moderates on
National Review Online

Jonah Goldberg on the Republican
National Convention and Moderates on
National Review Online 09/02/2004 08:19 AM
Goldberg: Radicals and Squishes, United .. Jonah Goldberg's review

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Wright Brothers National Memorial
(National Park Service)

Wright Brothers National Memorial
(National Park Service) 12/17/2003 06:07 AM
Wright Brothers National Memorial .. Wright Brothers' first flight .. The national park .. Kill Devil Hills .. Kitty Hawk

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National Speakers Association Members to
Appear on VoiceAmerica.com from the
National Convention at JW Marriott
Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in the City
of Scottsdale, Arizona

National Speakers Association Members to
Appear on VoiceAmerica.com from the
National Convention at JW Marriott
Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in the City
of Scottsdale, Arizona 09/07/2004 10:43 AM
Taped live from the National Speakers Association National Convention in Scottsdale, AZ at the beautiful JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa on July 17-20, 2004, twenty six various members, board of directors and executive team from the NSA spoke with Voice America Radio. [PRWEB Sep 7, 2004]

ABIT Selects web2zone® To Host ACON5
National Video Game Tournaments |
Regional Winners Will Compete For
National Title at E3 Show in Los Angeles

ABIT Selects web2zone® To Host ACON5
National Video Game Tournaments |
Regional Winners Will Compete For
National Title at E3 Show in Los Angeles 03/28/2005 03:40 AM
Utilizing web2zone’s new Cyber Square Alliance (CSA) network of premium game centers, the ACON5 Regional Qualifiers will be held simultaneously on April 23-24, 2005 in the New York, Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles areas. Players from the United States and Canada are eligible to compete. The “professional” video game tournaments will feature two popular PC-based games - Valve’s Half-Life: Counter Strike (1.6) and Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. [PRWEB Mar 28, 2005]

"QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
predicted exactly this, and it appears
they were right: In the wake of
Condoleezza Rice's testimony before a
national television audience, 50% of
American voters have a favorable view of
the nation's National..."

"QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
predicted exactly this, and it appears
they were right: In the wake of
Condoleezza Rice's testimony before a
national television audience, 50% of
American voters have a favorable view of
the nation's National..." 04/12/2004 10:00 PM

Beverly Hills-Based Designer Robert Radi
Receives Nomination for the National
Design Award by the Smithsonian-Cooper
Hewitt National Design Museum of New
York

Beverly Hills-Based Designer Robert Radi
Receives Nomination for the National
Design Award by the Smithsonian-Cooper
Hewitt National Design Museum of New
York 06/30/2004 02:57 AM
The Nominations are issued on the recommendation of a distinguished nominating committee of more than 800 leading American architects, designers, educators, journalists, authors, filmmakers, and other professionals representing all 50 states. The selective process by the National Design Jury will select three finalists for each category to be honored at a Gala in New York. [PRWEB Jun 30, 2004]

"Ingenious is a website by England's
Science Museum, the National Railway
Museum and the National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television."

"Ingenious is a website by England's
Science Museum, the National Railway
Museum and the National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television." 06/11/2004 05:57 PM

Ingenious is a website by England's
Science Museum, the National Railway
Museum and the National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television

Ingenious is a website by England's
Science Museum, the National Railway
Museum and the National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television 06/10/2004 10:19 PM
superb colloboration .. ingenious.org.uk .. 3 museums,

ingenious.org.uk
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Net Disaster

Net Disaster 03/27/2005 03:26 AM

Netdisaster: Utterly pointless, but very fun to play with.

Zerco Systems Calls President Bush’s
Ohio Visit Timely & Says Zerco Has
Proven Solution to Help Meet National
Goal To Provide Americans With
Electronic Health Records; Zerco’s
Health-eCard Offers Solution To National
Need

Zerco Systems Calls President Bush’s
Ohio Visit Timely & Says Zerco Has
Proven Solution to Help Meet National
Goal To Provide Americans With
Electronic Health Records; Zerco’s
Health-eCard Offers Solution To National
Need 05/31/2004 01:47 PM
Zerco Systems has proven technology can help meet the call of President George Bush for Americans to have electronic health records within the next 10 years. John Soltesz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the developer and integrator of optical memory card technology and complete biometric verification-based identification systems and data storage solutions, said, “Zerco’s optical card technology has been applied to health care and meets the President’s criteria to bring health care up to other industries in information technology utilization. The vast storage capacity of the ZercoHealth-eCard meets the needs of providing a personalized single source medical record for all Americans.” [PRWEB May 25, 2004]

A Gateway to disaster?

A Gateway to disaster? 09/26/2004 12:51 PM
There was a time, once, when I didn’t need a computer. Somehow, a pen, some paper and a word processor were enough to get my words across — and if you had asked me what a gigabyte was, I would have simply walked away, confused. My, how times have changed. When I was entering college, computers were just beginning to hit the mainstream, and I can remember using my friend’s Performa to get those last-minute term papers written. To be honest, I wasn’t particularly impressed … which is not to say I was unimpressed either; I was merely a clueless word-processing neophyte who saw a computer as a logical transition from an electronic typewriter. To be honest, the first time I really noticed a computer was when a friend of mine brought home his brand new Gateway desktop. Between the cow-spotted box and the bright screen (at least as compared to my friend’s Performa), it was my experience with Gateway that convinced me to buy my first computer. Then, three years later, I bought a Mac, and I never looked back. Gateway, however, has, and it's not a <A HREF="http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/0,2394,l=135602&s=400&a=1356 03,00.asp">pretty sight</A>. So, what happened. In 1997, Gateway was at the top of the charts, but by 1998, they had crashed — in more ways than one: Its stock plummeted, its designs faltered, its creativity suffered, and its outlook turned oh so bleak. Now, if the stock drops a dime, that's 2 percent of the company's worth. It's unfortunate how these things happen to tech stocks. More than any other sector, the tech market’s volatility have kept investors at bay for years, wary of even the slightest fluctuation in earnings or sales. On a good day, it's enough to drive a CEO to drink; add a high-priced Google and a bloated Apple to the mix, and there might be a few job openings in upper management. Seriously, though, these types of booms and busts are most certainly cyclical, and every few years a stock comes along that performs better than the rest, with numbers breaking recent company highs and products that have got everyone talking. Kinda like Apple. Kinda like now. In February 2001, after cutting some 3,000 jobs, icing plans for 60 retail stores and drastically cutting its number of possible PC configuration, Gateway announced that it was "shifting back to primarily selling computers, after pursuing a strategy aimed at selling services and peripherals, so-called 'beyond-the-box' revenue. Executives said Gateway will focus on selling computers first, instead of pushing a combination of products from the outset." Which is to say that Gateway shifted away from a profitable sub-business to refocus its efforts back on its bread and butter. So too, with Apple and iPod. I've written several columns examining Apple and iPod: Some have explored Apple's shift from manufacturing computers; some have suggested making iPod its own brand, but throughout it all, the iPod has carried Apple through supply slumps and sales speed bumps. The truth is, without iPod, Apple’s stock wouldn’t be anywhere near $40. Tech stocks have proven that investors cannot live on computers alone. Of course, if anyone can do it, Apple can. While Gateway still hasn’t found the formula that made it so popular in the mid 90s, Apple continues to push ahead, straddling two markets with dexterity, and (thus far, anyway) succeeding at both. But it remains to be seen whether the iMac will sell. And after nearly 16 months, the Power Mac doesn't have much more juice than it did upon its introduction. Whatever happens with the fourth quarter (which ends Thursday), it seems as though Apple doesn’t have too much to worry about at the moment. But eventually, a decision will need to be made — Gateway chose poorly and has never recovered. Somehow, I think Apple will get this one right.

Are You Prepared For Disaster?

Are You Prepared For Disaster? 07/06/2004 11:25 PM

Asian disaster: How to help

Asian disaster: How to help 12/29/2004 09:41 AM
How you can help survivors of Sunday's Indian Ocean earthquake disaster.

UK.biz ready for disaster, says UK.biz

UK.biz ready for disaster, says UK.biz 03/21/2003 11:26 AM
We the prepared

Disaster Relief, PII

Disaster Relief, PII 12/30/2004 09:41 PM
On Monday I announced that 100% of my revenue from FeedDemon and TopStyle this week will go to disaster relief, but I'm far from the only software developer making a contribution. Here's a list of other developers who are donating from their earnings:

• Fog Creek Software
• Blogjet
• iPodderX
• Whirling Dervishes and Neobyte Solutions

If I missed anyone, let me know by posting a comment or trackback and I'll update this list.

Disaster Relief

Disaster Relief 12/27/2004 04:48 AM

Greg Hughes is right:

"This is the right time to stop what you normally do, get out of your little digital world that you assume is all-defining and all-encompassing (it’s not, really) and come back to reality...Very real people are experiencing very real pain, and you can do your part to help them recover."

Until the end of the month, everything I earn from TopStyle and FeedDemon will be donated to the International Red Cross to help those affected by this disaster.

Recipe for disaster

Recipe for disaster 12/30/2003 06:12 AM
Andrea says: .. Spleenville .. Andrea

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"the disaster that never happened"

"the disaster that never happened" 01/06/2005 04:03 AM

Google this: disaster

Google this: disaster 08/13/2004 02:08 PM
Fund manager Tom Taulli says the comedy of errors leading up to Google's IPO is as much about management hubris as it is bad fortune.

Anatomy of an IT disaster: How the FBI
blew it

Anatomy of an IT disaster: How the FBI
blew it 03/25/2005 01:20 AM
TechWorld Mar 25 2005 5:21AM GMT

Y2K: Hoax, Or Averted Disaster?

Y2K: Hoax, Or Averted Disaster? 01/05/2005 08:43 AM

Small.biz unprepared for disaster

Small.biz unprepared for disaster 08/13/2004 10:53 AM
Planning? We've heard of it...

Computer disaster Stories!

Computer disaster Stories! 02/05/2005 10:16 PM

Robert Scoble dropped his Tablet from about 4 feet up onto a concrete pad and it survived. He has called out for Computer disaster stories.

This reminds me of a little story. I was traveling with a bunch of co-workers and we all got stuck in this awful dormitory situation. Imagine 5 grown men in a small room with 2 bunk beds and a cot and one bathroom, no Internet and a TV that received 2 English channels. It was terrible but considering we could have been in a tent we kept our mouths shut.

One of the guys with us loved to sleep. I sleep about 4-5 hours a day maximum and needed to turn on the lites once in a while and never did out of respect that this guy get his beauty sleep. On non work days he was sleeping like 20 hours a day. I was getting pretty sick of it and one night as I had just got to sleep about 2am he gets up turns on all the lights and gets in the shower.

I went from mad to really mad and told my bunk mate who was sleeping on the bottom bunk to rip his sheets of his bed and we would take his mattress outside. So the co-worker jumps up and yanks the sheets of this guys bed. Little did we know his laptop was up by his pillow. And it came flying off at about Mach 2

Ever have one of those moments when things move real slow. Well this thing slammed into the floor and probably put about a 10g stress on this thing. I said a few choice comments and the guy comes out of the shower while we are standing there with our mouths wide open. I am thinking well I just bought a laptop.

In some sort of divine miracle it survived, the lid was jacked a little but it worked. No more stripping beds for us. But hey it's funny now. It was a Dell so I am not sure how it kept from blowing the screen or cracking something vital.. Bit it was fun to remember it spinning on the way down. Side note I would have paid for it and in the end it would have been worth it. Don't sleep to long around me. :) How about you do you have a computer disaster story. [Scobeliz er]

Who can you call when disaster strikes?

Who can you call when disaster strikes? 07/14/2004 01:30 AM
CNET Asia Jul 14 2004 6:00AM GMT

From Heart of Indonesia's Disaster, a
Cry for Help

From Heart of Indonesia's Disaster, a
Cry for Help 01/01/2005 02:12 PM
The president of Indonesia visited the center of the damage for the first time, flying over a 150-mile strip where all signs of habitation were obliterated.

Disaster may have killed ancients

Disaster may have killed ancients 05/19/2004 04:29 AM
The remains of 28 early humans found buried at the bottom of a cave shaft in Spain may belong to a group that died together in a "catastrophe".

IBM buys disaster recovery biz

IBM buys disaster recovery biz 04/14/2004 04:56 AM
Schlumberger sells

Disaster Relief News

Disaster Relief News 01/06/2005 09:25 AM
I just heard on the news another reason to give as much as you can to the tsunami relief effort. Congress is well on its way to approving legislation to allow all money donated to a recognized charity by January 31st to be 100% deductible from LAST YEAR’S tax bill. It’s not the reason to donate, but since it may not end up costing you anything out of your pocket, it could well be easier…

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Shuttle disaster down to bad glue

Shuttle disaster down to bad glue 08/14/2004 08:10 AM
Just over a year and a half ago, a 'suitcase sized chunk of foam' broke off and did serious damage to the space shuttle Columbia. Hitting the shuttle's left wing, its damage would cause the shuttle to break up on re-entry. The investigation into the disaster has recently completed its work, and has come to a conclusion on exactly what happened.

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board concluded that the fault was not with the foam, but with the way it was applied; by hand and stuck on with glue guns. The process left many places still exposed, allowing liquid hydrogen to seep in. As the hydrogen warmed up, it expanded, causing the pieces of insulating foam above it to pop off, with seemingly lethal force.

NASA officials commented that “It was not the fault of the guys on the floor; they were just doing the process we gave them." NASA are now attempting to get the fuel tanks recertified, and ready for space flight. The tanks now face tighter regulations. At $40 million per tank, they represent a massive investment for NASA.

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U.S. rides alone on disaster relief

U.S. rides alone on disaster relief 12/30/2004 07:38 PM
Those looking for cooperation between the U.S. and the U.N. in aiding victims of the Asian tsunami disaster shouldn't hold their breath. The Washington Post reports today that the Bush administration is organizing a disaster relief effort entirely separate from that of the U.N.:

Vodkapundit - Master Of Disaster

Vodkapundit - Master Of Disaster 07/21/2004 04:46 PM
just rattled off a set of rather nasty talking points with a Joker-worthy fixed grin [and] looked absolutely terrified .. Gutterball Chris Lehane

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Web logs aid disaster recovery

Web logs aid disaster recovery 12/30/2004 02:13 PM
Online journals or weblogs are helping people share information about the tsunami disaster.

Asian Disaster May Be Costliest Ever
(AP)

Asian Disaster May Be Costliest Ever
(AP) 12/27/2004 03:50 PM
AP - The earthquake and tidal wave that raced from southeast Asia to east Africa this weekend, killing tens of thousands of people, may be the costliest disaster in history, reaching billions of dollars, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator said Monday.

Tsunami disaster relief...

Tsunami disaster relief... 12/29/2004 06:41 PM
Everyone: As is probably the case with most of you, I'm struggling to come to grips with the loss of life and destruction from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. The pictures of the dead and injured, especially the childr...

Wikipedia and the Tsunami Disaster

Wikipedia and the Tsunami Disaster 12/28/2004 03:06 PM

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: If you haven't looked yet, Wikipedia is — once again — doing an insane job keeping track of developments in the Southeast Asia tsunami disaster.

Currently on the page is scads of information about what caused the tsunami, what a tsunami is, what the currect effects are, what every country is going to help, and what phone numbers and URLs you need if you want to assist. It's an amazing level of detail and it should be your first stop for information, rather than any of the news outlets.

We've previously raved about Wikipedia's abilities in this respect with Hurricane Ivan, the Madrid Bombings, and the 2004 Olympics.

Iraq PM: U.S. Departure Would Be
Disaster (AP)

Iraq PM: U.S. Departure Would Be
Disaster (AP) 06/04/2004 08:25 PM
AP - Iraq's new prime minister made his first address to the nation Friday, saying a rapid U.S. withdrawal from the country would be a "major disaster" because Iraqis are not ready to handle their own security.

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 04/19/2005 09:47 AM
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

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NTT DoCoMo averts disaster

NTT DoCoMo averts disaster 01/09/2004 11:23 PM
infoSync Jan 9 2004 6:21AM ET
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National disaster in Swaziland

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