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Do1Thing: A 12 Step Preparedness Program

Each September FEMA & Ready.gov promote National Preparedness Month – and I devote a good deal of this blog to that effort – but the best time to get started in preparedness is now. And to help you along in this task is the …

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The Decontamination Challenge in Hospital Emergency …

The arrival of a contaminated patient in a hospital emergency department can put the staff, facility and other patients at risk of secondary contamination. Here's how emergency preparedness coordinators (EPCs) can address …

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Worst Natural Disasters Of 2012 (PHOTOS)

2012 saw many natural disasters strike across the globe, killing thousands and inflicting billions of dollars in property and infrastructural damage. From hurricanes and earthquakes to droughts, heat waves and wildfires, events …

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2012 Natural disasters cost €122 billion – – The Local

2012 natural disasters cost €122 billion. Published: 3 Jan 13 13:07 CET | Print version. Online: https://www.thelocal.de/money/20130103-47119.html. Natural catastrophes including US hurricane Sandy caused $160 billion (€122 billion) worth …

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The Second Amendment Was Never About Personal Protection

The Second Amendment has nothing to do with personal protection. Owning a gun back in colonial times was like owning a knife and fork. The idea of needing a law to protect one's right to own a gun would be as ridiculous …

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OODA Loop – Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison

“In a criminal case sure to make programmers nervous, a software maker who licenses a program used by online casinos and bookmakers overseas is being charged with promoting gambling in New York because authorities …

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Boyd's Really Real OODA Loop | Slightly East of New

Minor revisions to Boyds Real OODA Loop, dated 13 April 2012 – reflecting some comments and my recent editing of Destruction and Creation. One way to look at things: D&C describes a cyclical process for creating a system …

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New version of “Boyd's Real OODA Loop.” « Fast Transients

Some significant revisions to the second half of the paper, pointing out that what we often call “decisions” are actually actions, and like any actions, we need to develop Fingerspitzengefühl for them. Download from the Articles …

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IMPLEMENTATION (OODA LOOP OR BOYD'S CYCLE) by Sid Heal …

A useful tool for understanding the importance of this concept is the OODA Loop. The OODA Loop, often called Boyd's Cycle, is a creation of Col. John Boyd, USAF (Ret.). Col. Boyd was a student of tactical operations and …

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How OODA loops break « Fabius Maximus

Summary: Analysis of America on the FM website talk about broken Observation-Orientation-Decision-Action (OODA) Loops. But what does this description mean? What are the consequences? Here's the second of a series …