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Are We Better Prepared for Earthquakes Here in the United States?

Disaster Zone

The United States is not Iraq and Syria--Is it

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Earthquake in Turkey – troublesome details

Recovery Diva

From the Wash Post: Turkey’s earthquake death toll might be more than just a natural disaster. An excerpt: Natural disaster is one aspect of the story. Turkey’s reliance on construction-driven economic growth, cronyism and willingness to ignore its own building standards is the other. The first was unavoidable. Did the second lead to mass casualties? At the very minimum, the Turkish people will have every right to demand a thorough investigation of precisely that question.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Source: Wikimedia Commons An interesting map was published by the US Geological Survey shortly after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes. [1]

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Cloud Misfiguration Breaches: Three Essentials to Know

Solutions Review

Solutions Review’s Expert Insights Series is a collection of contributed articles written by industry experts in enterprise software categories.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

This webinar with Tim Buteyn will teach you strategies for motivating learners even when training them on "boring" topics, methods to capture learner attention and bring your courses to life, and techniques that convert a course from dry and lifeless to relevant and engaging.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Understanding What Paramedics do To Save Lives

Disaster Zone

Eventually they will see "everyone" in their lifetime

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3 Real-Life Cybersecurity Incidents… and What They Can Teach You

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN February 8, 2023 3 Real-Life Cybersecurity Incidents… and What They Can Teach You Before getting into the gritty details, let us first acknowledge that no one—be it an individual or a business—likes being “made an example of” in front of an audience.

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How to Offload Your Risk to a Third Party

MHA Consulting

Risk transference is one of the four main strategies organizations can use to mitigate risk. It’s a powerful tool, but one that must be used with care to avoid unpleasant surprises. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill?

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What Cybersecurity Threats Are We Facing?

Disaster Zone

General information we all can use

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How Endemic Corruption Worsens the Turkish Earthquake Situation

Recovery Diva

From HSToday: PERSPECTIVE: Deadly Earthquakes in Turkey: How Endemic Corruption Worsens the Situation. The quakes were so large and shallow that they would substantially damage older buildings. However, the number of newly built yet devastated buildings is exceptionally high

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enhance your professional development and lifelong learning.

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Done with Old Electronics? How to Properly Dispose of Them Without Security Risks.

Prism International

As technology continues to advance, it is important for businesses and individuals to properly dispose of their electronic devices. While going to a computer recycling company or shredding business can seem like a great way to dispose of your old electronics, there are a few things you should keep in mind beforehand to ensure that you are doing so safely and securely.

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What is a remote desktop software?

Acronis

As a PC or Mac user, you have probably called for technical support for a software or hardware problem. To accommodate customers and deliver the best experience, many support teams assist you by allowing a technical support person to remotely log into your computer.

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How Many Urban Search and Rescue Teams do We Have in the USA?

Disaster Zone

28 teams, 28 collapsed buildings

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Earthquake Stuns Syria

Recovery Diva

From Politico: Earthquake stuns Syria’s Aleppo even after war’s horrors. The natural disaster piled on many man-made ones

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State of the Union 2023: Insights from RAND

The Rand Blog

In his second State of the Union address, President Joe Biden covered a wide range of issues facing the United States at home and abroad, including police violence, gun policy, Russia's war in Ukraine, and U.S. competition with China

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8 tips for protecting against a ransomware attack

Acronis

Unfortunately, ransomware attacks are increasing — both in terms of frequency and success as measured in costs. Here are 8 tips on how to protect from ransomware attacks. Cybersecurity Endpoint protection

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The Implications of Natural Disasters on US Agriculture

Disaster Zone

A February 13th Webinar

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Earthquakes in Turkey – 2/6

Recovery Diva

From CNN, a series of short clips from early report of the Turkey Earthquakes on 2/6. Among other things it provides an interesting account of the powerful aftershocks. For the best and most current technical info, go this USGS site. I expect many more postings as the recovery period begins

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9 Reasons Why ChatGPT is Not “Enterprise Ready”…Yet

BMC

ChatGPT’s ability to converse on seemingly everything has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. Social media is loving it. News media outlets are reporting on it. Educators are worried about it. But is ChatGPT ready to securely support and deliver enterprise applications?

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On Safer Internet Day, here are five tips to keep your children (and your wallet) safe online

Acronis

Today, February 7th, is Safer Internet Day, created in an ongoing effort to combat potential malicious online activity facing the average connected user. While the internet can be a valuable educational resource, it can also be a fertile breeding ground for criminal activity.

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Russian Tactics in War

Disaster Zone

What was observed in WWII is being used in Ukraine

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Data Mobility Framework: Expert Offers Four Keys to Know

Solutions Review

Solutions Review’s Expert Insights Series is a collection of contributed articles written by industry experts in enterprise software categories.

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Will Logistics Be Russia's Undoing in Ukraine?

The Rand Blog

Russia's experience in Ukraine one year in is an example of what happens when a nation tries to fight a war without fully considering the logistics and sustainment that go alongside such a fight.

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What is end-to-end encryption (E2EE)?

Acronis

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is the process of encrypting data between devices so that only the sender and the receiver can view the contents of the message. Cybersecurity Innovations and technologies IT channel insights

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Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Disaster Zone

A double whammy of destruction

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The Importance of Good Partner Leadership

Pure Storage

Pure Storage has been 100% partner focused since our first FlashArray ™ sale in 2011. At that time, we had one product available, built with the intent of disrupting the legacy storage market.

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As Egg Prices Continue to Soar, Ensure DIY Chicken Coop Projects Are Done Safely

National Fire Protection Association

If chickens don’t fly, then how can egg prices continue to soar? Poor attempts at dad jokes aside, record-high egg prices are something we are all facing at the moment and, frankly, don’t find all that funny.

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What is data exfiltration?

Acronis

Data exfiltration, also known as data theft or data exportation, is the transfer of sensitive data to unauthorized parties or destinations with the intent to cause malicious damage or reap financial gains. Cybersecurity

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The Great Salt Lake is Drying Up

Disaster Zone

Can that trend be reversed in five short years

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Senate Bill 9's Underwhelming First Year Shouldn't Be a Surprise; It Was by Design

The Rand Blog

In 2021, the California state Legislature passed legislation allowing a streamlined pathway for homeowners to produce duplexes and split lots. But a year after the law took effect, the resulting housing production pipeline looks to be trivial.

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Machine Creation Services support for catalogs with Azure VM extensions

Citrix

Azure extensions are small applications that you can add to VMs after deployment that provide VM configuration, monitoring, security, and utility features.

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SIA Member Profile: American Alarm and Communications

Security Industry Association

Security Industry Association (SIA) member American Alarm and Communications is a security systems integration and monitoring company serving homes and businesses across New England.

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Fire Alarm Pull Station Installation Height

National Fire Protection Association

Are you in the field installing a fire alarm system and need to know what the required fire alarm pull station height is? Or maybe you are working on a fire alarm design detail and want to know what the required height is for your fire alarm call point.

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