MIKESCHAIR Invites Fans to mikestable.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Curb Records recording artist MIKESCHAIR has partnered with Food for the Hungry and extended a challenge to their fans to get involved. The call to action came together when band mates Mike Grayson and Jesse Hale watched people gather at the...

The use of military aviation in emergency situations, for disaster relief.
Devastating earthquakes, flooding, forest fires, accidents at nuclear power stations, and other emergency situations have always been, and continue to be, an unavoidable part of society's life, and it does not appear possible to avoid them in the foreseeable future. They cause colossal material, environmental, and social damage to...

IPSTAR Launches the 'iMOVE' Mobile Broadband Solution at ITU Telecom World, Hong Kong.
The IPSTAR Partners With RaySat Antenna Systems to Provide the Highest Performance Mobile Broadband Satellite Solution in the Market Today VIENNA, Va., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Shin Satellite Public Company, the operator of the IPSTAR satellite system, announced on December 4th at the ITU Telecom World 2006,...

Loren seeks Senate probe on relief aid for Bicol folk.
Senator Loren Legarda said the other day she would call for a Senate investigation into complaints by Bicol victims of last year's disastrous typhoons and floods that the foreign relief assistance intended for them had not been sufficiently distributed. Loren was reacting to an interview over radio...

Preparing for the worst: re-envisioning disaster legal relief in the era of homeland security.
INTRODUCTION The New York legal community's response to the September 11th disaster defies the usual stereotypes of the legal profession. Ambulance chasers and sharks were in short supply. Instead, in the weeks and months following the World Trade Center attacks, New York's bar channeled an unprecedented outpouring...

Improving the U.S. government's humanitarian response.
The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) was created in 1964 to provide emergency nonfood humanitarian assistance in response to international crises and disasters, in order to save lives and alleviate human suffering and to reduce the economic impact of those disasters. The office operates under the overall...

SABIC donates RMB8 million to build hope schools in earthquake-stricken area.
On June 6th Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) donated RMB8 million to China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) for their "Project Hope Emergency Disaster Relief Action". The devastating earthquake which occurred in the Wenchuan area of Sichuan Province has caused enormous losses to people's lives and properties. Schools...

Show me the money: financial recovery after disaster: professional emergency management, physical mitigation, public education, and financial assistance can all lessen the impact of post-disaster community recovery costs.
The United States is unique in its far-reaching financial assistance programs for disaster-impacted areas. Communities that request and receive presidential disaster declarations are eligible to receive financial assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for specific recovery activities. The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development...

Canada's aid program: still struggling after sixty years.
Canada's official development assistance program is now almost sixty years old, dating from our participation in the Colombo Plan in 1950. It has been the object of a great deal of well-meaning advice, and in recent years of scathing criticism. Adam Chapnick examines the reasons for our failure to...

Flirting with disaster.
It would have been understandable if television viewers thought CNN had started running reruns. In 1993, its cameras had vividly captured the extensive flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, where homes were destroyed and crops ruined. Because only 17 percent of the property damaged had been insured, it...