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Using Geospatial Maps in Time of Disaster

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Geospatial mapping is an increasingly hot topic in large-scale natural disasters, including Hurricane Sandy and the Oklahoma Tornadoes. As technology continues to advance, data mapping is moving from being a powerful tool for specific cases to being a new norm in all disaster relief. Sincerely, VisionLink'

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Mobile Beacon Expands Relief Offers to Texas and Oklahoma

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Recent disasters like the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas might have left some organizations in those states without reliable Internet connectivity. Check out the Overview of the Mobile Beacon Donation Program to learn more. Connecting to the Internet disaster recovery disaster relief tsdisaster tsmobilebeacon'

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The Wildness in the Corner: A Discussion with Jason Nelson

Museum 2.0

I grew up in Oklahoma. But there’s a lot of unexpected beauty in Oklahoma—weird folk art with plastic deer, a beautiful house. If you’re in academia, or art, or museums, you sort of focus on the boundaries, wanting to learn where they are. I’d find a blog and say you might be interested by this—and then it spread out.

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Who Will Be the Next $100,000 Purpose Prize Winner? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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The prize is the only program in the country focused on promoting and encouraging the work of social innovators over 60, like: Wilma Melville , a 74-year-old, retired physical education teacher, who won $100,000 for creating The National Disaster Search Foundation. Her idea is now a reality.