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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

By the 1990s, the emergence of civil protection from the matrix of civil defence (Alexander 2002) had broadened the scope to the extent that there was a need for a more functional set of categories. The gradual dissemination of social studies prompted the addition of the noösphere (Vernadsky 1945). References Alexander, D.E. Alexander, D.

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Digital Transformation at the Diamond: How the SF Giants Lead with Data

Pure Storage

Some trace it back only as far as the 2002 season when Oakland A’s coach Billy Beane adopted a computer-generated strategy to bring in new players to a struggling team.¹ But because of the rich vein of data the Giants collect that we can tap into, analyze, and learn from, we feel our organization has the capacity to do much more.”.

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