Year: 2008
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FDNY on the Lookout? Sounds Good to Me.
In These Times gets their back up over this, but I have zero issue with it. Sharing relevant information in common sense ways keeps us safer. Just because there is potential for abuse doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try it. FDNY Spies — In These Times In New York City, the Department of Homeland Security is…
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Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces 6.8 Percent Increase in Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request
Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces 6.8 Percent Increase in Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request Snip: Total funding of $2.2 billion will support FEMA’s state and local assistance programs, which prepares state and local governments to prevent or respond to threats or incidents of terrorism and other catastrophic events.
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News in Context
At EveryBlock, we’ve talked a lot about “context”. It’s one of the things that people– especially people in the journalism community– say that the site is missing. They’re right, of course, in that we collect and present an immense amount of data without textual analysis or narrative history. It’s one thing to note that a…
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DIY Survival: Projects for the Apocalypse
Would love to be at this: DIY Survival: Projects for the Apocalypse: ETech 2008 — OReilly Conferences, 03/03/2008 – 03/06/2008, San Diego, CA Whether it’s a red button, volcano, avian bird flu, meteor, cosmic superhighway or economic collapse, this lecture will give you the information you need to make things that will help you survive.…
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They did the best they could
These alerts are by far the fastest, best-written information ever delivered in an emergency shooting situation in the United States. NIU – Northern Illinois University