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An Excuse For A Party?
I don’t know about you, but I’ll find any excuse to throw a party. With upcoming March holidays like Saint Patrick’s Day, the lesser-known Submarine Day or even the extremely […]
Cast Your Vote In Safety Video Contest!
Lessons learned: Don’t play around with ketchup. Don’t steal golf carts. Don’t throw stuff at your co-workers. While all of these things sound fun (especially throwing stuff at Robin!), each […]
(Fake) TruBlood
Are you ready for a drink with all flavor and no bite? In the past we have blogged about fruit punch flavored Blood Energy Potion and cherry smelling Blood Bath, […]
CreHAITIve Re/Vision In Pittsburgh
I never thought I’d say this, but I’m totally jealous of Pittsburgh. You see, Pittsburgh creatives recently held an (awesome) event for Haiti and I’m kicking myself that we didn’t […]
Monitoring Earthquakes…From the Coffee Shop
Got a laptop? You can help monitor earthquakes. As reported in the the Los Angeles Times, the “Quake Catchers” program aims to make earthquake detection easier and cheaper by using […]
EMS Introduces Trained Service Dogs to Help Cut Costs
Canines have been used for police work, search & rescue, tracking and a variety of other tasks. Now they’re assisting EMS…and doing so at a much lower cost. In all […]
Haiti: Two Months Later
This morning the American Red Cross published a two month progress report on relief efforts for Haiti. “As part of its largest international response since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, […]
2010 National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge
Speaking of challenges for youth… The 2010 National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge has begun and over the next month will include over 100 colleges/universities nationwide, allowing approximately 10,000 […]
A New EXIT Strategy?
I can imagine controversy over evacuation policy or emergency preparedness funding…but it took me a moment to realize that our most basic aid in the event of a disaster, the […]
Turkey’s Earthquake Proof Airport
With the news this morning of major aftershocks being felt in Chile, many of us are questionning just how vulnerable our homes and buildings are. A while back, I blogged […]