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Hurricane Ian Reveals Continuing Vulnerabilities for Healthcare Facilities

DRI Drive

In 2012, the stories of hospitals fighting to maintain services and keep patients safe during Superstorm Sandy rocked the resilience field. 10 years later, climate change may have made the dangers to vital facilities even more severe. 28, as Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 storm, at least 16 hospitals from […].

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Foresight

Emergency Planning

As an example, consider the impact of the Fukushima Daiā€™ichi nuclear release in Japan in 2011 on nuclear energy policy in other countries (Wittneben 2012,Kim et al. References Fukuyama, F. The End of History and the Last Man. The Free Press, New York, 418 pp. Energy Policy 61: 822-828. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.107

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Cannabis Legalization in Europe: Planning Ahead

The Rand Blog

Since 2012, multiple jurisdictions have changed their laws to legalize the production, possession, and use of cannabis for nonmedical purposes. While most of these changes took place in the Americas, there are signs that the European legal landscape might be changing too.

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Women in Insurance: Nicole J. Gunderson, Managing Director, Global Insurance Accelerator

Chisel AI

I helped lead the company transition from a consumer-branded payments business to a white-label ACH API platform, while also building the sales and customer success teams to support the B2B SaaS business model.

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10 Tips for framing your case for Business Continuity to Executives

BryghtPath

And in 2012, after Hurricane Sandy. After a pandemic year like 2020ā€”and 2021ā€”executives get the importance of business continuity planning. The situation was the same in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. And after mass shooting incidents. Management has a heightened sense of why business continuity is necessary. Then, the memories fade.

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The 2023 Mercedes-AMG F1 W14

Pure Storage

Mick Schumacher Joins as Reserve Driver Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team are bringing back a name of great legacy to the Silver Arrows as Mick Schumacher joins the Team as Reserve Driver (his father, Michael, raced for the Team from 2010 to 2012).

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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Emergency Planning

Powerful floods struck Puerto Lumbreras again in 2012. On the approach road a steel girder viaduct had been folded up and swept kilometres downstream by the violence of the water. Europe is not well protected against flooding. Even in orderly, well-organised Germany its impact can be devastating.