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Crowdfunding tries to grow up
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Sarah Dvorak was desperate. The former retail executive had depleted her savings accounts, borrowed from family members, and secured a microloan from a local development group to launch Mission Cheese, a San Francisco cafA that would specialize in domestic products like Minnesota-made Camembert and a silky sheep's-milk cheese from Northern ... (more) Comment?
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PackBot military robots to help with security at 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
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... operated robot to enter the devastated Fukushima nuclear facility following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. iRobot, a Bedford, Massachusetts-based company that was founded in 1990, has already successfully deployed over ... Comment?
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College speakers offer advice that changes lives
... to declare victory on that platform in the 2012 election. None of us ever expected that during the earthquake and tsunami in Japan our service would be a great alternative plan if the mobile networks were spotty in the aftermath. And certainly none ... Comment?
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GPS solution provides 3-minute tsunami alerts
Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting tsunami in just a few minutes after the earthquake onset. 1 comment
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PHOTOS: Guerrilla Art Project Captures Japan's Northeast in Portraits
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... collected from Japan's northeastern Tohoku region, which still bears the scars of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 16,000 people and devastated the area. A selection of these photographs were then put on exhibition. JR's ... Comment?
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Importance of Resilient Supply Chains Can't Be Overstated
... disasters in 2011 revealed just how vulnerable many organisations' supply chains can be. The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, followed later in the year by the flooding in Thailand, revealed some of the pitfalls of lean manufacturing processes such as ... Comment?
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2.4 Billion People Will Lack Improved Sanitation in 2015
... a final push to meet the sanitation target. "This is an emergency no less horrifying than a massive earthquake or tsunami," says Sanjay Wijesekera, global head of UNICEF's water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme. "Every day hundreds of ... Comment?
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The Middle East is on fire. More than 80,000 people have been killed in Syria's brutal civil war. Comment?
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Sustainability or resilience: which should we seek?
... noted by Scott Carlson in the Chronicle of Higher Education, what these building codes did not prepare for was the tsunami that unexpectedly breached sea walls and ultimately killed most of the more than 15,800 people who died in this disaster. ... Comment?
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Asia Markets: Asia Stocks Trade Mostly Higher As Japan Swings Up
... in value since the start of the year, though they remain well below their levels before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused a major disaster at the company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Also on the rise, Hitachi Ltd. (HIT) added 1.9% ... Comment?
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Southern CEO says Plant Vogtle overruns won't hurt customers
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... two reactors in response to risks identified in the 2011 disaster in Fukushima, Japan, in which an earthquake and tsunami triggered the meltdown of multiple reactors at a power plant and the accidental release of radioactive material. But he did say ... Comment?
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Craig Shirley: Tea Party Skepticism of DC Establishment Proves Correct
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Emotions are running high on the right side of the political spectrum since the terrifying discovery that the Internal Revenue Service has for years been harassing dozens - maybe hundreds - of Tea Party and conservative grassroots groups. Comment?
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NZ dollar bounces off lows as NZ budget keeps surplus target
The New Zealand dollar came off its recent lows as Finance Minister Bill English's budget kept the operating surplus target for 2014/15 intact, and as support for the greenback stumbled after US manufacturing data missed expectations yesterday. Comment?
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Mukherjee appoints Lt. Gen. (Retired) Nirbhay Sharma as next Arunachal Pradesh Governor
... during the 'Kargil War' (in record time). The concurrent conduct of disaster relief operations during the 'Snow Tsunami' and Earthquake also drew praise and recognition. His slogan of "Jawan aur Awaam, Aman hai Mukaam" and its manifestation on ... Comment?
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Another view of Maine's elver rush
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... elvers, or baby eels, are still fetching about $1,700 a pound. Their price is so high because the 2011 Japanese tsunami wiped out Asian eel farms that need to be replenished with baby eels. Maine and South Carolina are also the only states that ... Comment?
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Japan stocks retreat after Wall Street weakness
... pled in value since the start of the year, though they remain well below their levels before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused a major disaster at the company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Comment?
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Private sector must engage in disaster risk reduction : UN
... dollar class of toxic assets of unrealized liabilities. The catastrophic economic losses from the Japan earthquake/tsunami, floods in Thailand and the destructive Super Storm Sandy show clearly the extent of what is at stake." The report stressed ... Comment?
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We the people of Minnesota need to stop the tax insanity. Taxes on cigarettes, taxes on booze, taxes on clothes, taxes on services, taxes for sports facilities -- where will the list end? Even taxes on the people who aspire to do more, be more, work hard to have more -- let's punish them. Comment?
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Economic losses from disasters 'out of control'- UN
... investment more attractive in the long-term," he said. SMALL BUSINESSES SUFFER MOST The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the Chao Phraya river floods in Thailand in the same year have focused attention on the growing impact of ... Comment?
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Economic losses from disasters top $100 bln for third year
... by disasters were $138 billion in 2012, $371 billion in 2011 - a large proportion due to the Japan earthquake and tsunami - and $138 billion in 2010, it added. "A review of economic losses caused by major disaster events since 1980 shows that since ... Comment?
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