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The water crisis in Jackson,Mississippi shows how climate change is threatening water supplies

Wed, 2022-09-07 14:09 — mike kraft

The crisis in Jackson shows how climate change is threatening water supplies

The crisis that has hit Jackson, Miss., highlights the fragility of water systems across the country that will be increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the coming years. ...

Historic flooding and record droughts are already stressing water systems across the country, but as the threats to infrastructure posed by climate change intensify, experts warn that what happened in Jackson may be just the beginning.

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Government Provides 2 Acres of Land for Ebola Orphans

Mon, 2016-05-30 11:11 — davidmc

The Government of Sierra Leone has provided two acres of land at John Obey community to ‘Hope 4 Ebola Orphans Charity Foundation’ and its partners for the construction of state of the- art children’s village for orphans, especially those children orphaned by the Ebola Virus Disease and other less privileged children in Sierra Leone.

 

Hope 4 Ebola Orphans is a diaspora led organization recognized by the Office of Diaspora Affairs (ODA) which was created by His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to harness the diaspora towards national developments.

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Gento Group appeal to road users

Wed, 2016-05-04 11:05 — davidmc

 

By: SEM Contributor on May 4, 2016.

 

The Director Gento Group, Mohamed Gento Kamara has appeal to road users for them to exercise patience with them as they want to do long lasting job.  (Photo: Jomo Kenyatta Road)

 

Gento Group Director was explaining why they failed to meet their deadline of completing the Jomo Kenyatta/King Harman Road junction by end of April.

 

Giving reasons for not meeting their deadline, Gento Group Director, Mohamed Gento Kamara told this Medium that just after they made the declaration to complete the tarring of that road by April ending, the government asked them to construct a foot bridge along New England Ville junction which he said stalled their timetable for two weeks as they need to draw the plan for that foot bridge and also start the construction.

 

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Kimbima opens as Golden Tulip

Fri, 2016-04-29 11:07 — davidmc

By Betty Milton
Thursday April 28, 2016

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Group Six Deliberation Notes

Fri, 2015-07-17 03:12 — GeorgeHurlburt

Upon selection the "Read More" button below, an attachment becomes evident. This attached file contains the notes from the Group Six deliberations on "Sense-making and Situational Awareness" during the Working Meeting on July 8 at One UN Plaza in New York City. These notes were recompiled from rough notes taken at the meeting nearly a week later and may need revision. Please offer observations, comments or potential corrections using the comments capability below.

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Notes from 8 July Working Session in NYC

Fri, 2015-07-17 03:06 — GeorgeHurlburt

Upon selection the "Read More" button below, an attachment becomes evident. This attached file contains the notes from all the public presntations delivered during the Working Meeting on July 8 ay One UN Plaza in New York City. Please offer observations, comments or potential corrections using the comments capability below.

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Revised Arresting Ebola Briefing

Fri, 2015-07-17 02:53 — GeorgeHurlburt

Link to the Revised Arresting Ebola IT Briefing in a separate window on a remote host. This briefing is a revised version of the original Arresting Ebola IT Briefing, based on the outcome of Group 6 at the UN Ebola Event on 8 July 2015 in New York City. Please feel free to comment or offer change suggestions using the comments capability below.

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Resources – Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Tue, 2015-06-30 21:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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An expanding list of Resources for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in West Africa is provided in the links below, and also within the attachment near the bottom:

World Bank - The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2014
http://data.worldbank.org/products/data-books/little-data-book-on-info-communication-tech

How big data is beating Ebola

Mon, 2015-03-09 14:22 — mike kraft
Computational epidemiologists at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) have been working to combat the world’s largest and deadliest outbreak of Ebola. - See more at: http://www.information-age.com/technology/information-management/123459120/how-big-data-beating-ebola#sthash.CTk2zlgo.dpuf
Computational epidemiologists at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) have been working to combat the world’s largest and deadliest outbreak of Ebola. VBI’s Bryan Lewis writes - See more at: http://www.information-age.com/technology/information-management/123459120/how-big-data-beating-ebola#sthash.CTk2zlgo.dpuf
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