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...more people will be living in seismological danger zones. The key to minimizing damage is to prepare for the inevitable. "The Loma Prieta quake was really a wake-up call for this region," says David Schwartz, a USGS geologist and the co-chair of the San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Alliance. "But we still have a lot to do." (See pictures of Indonesia's devastating earthquake...
California's responses to the 1989 quake and to a 1994 temblor in Los Angeles are instructive. First, there's the science of quake analysis and prediction. In 1989 the Bay Area had only 75 accelerometer sensors, which locate quakes and determine their intensity. Today, there are more than 200, which allow seismologists to more immediately pin down the size and strength of an earthquake as it happens. Many of those sensors have also been equipped with global-positioning system add-ons, which can determine the rate at which a quake has caused a fault to slip. Scientists...
...media saturates consumers with swine-flu recommendations, however, many day-care-center owners are rising to the challenge. "We started preparing last spring and have placed a heightened focus on retraining staff on hand-washing and sanitizing procedures throughout the center, with special attention in the sign-in area," says Beth Woodward, spokeswoman for Knowledge Learning Corp., the parent company of KinderCare Learning Centers. (See pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...
Balaraman is a senior originally from the San Diego area, who despite the drastic change in weather, has established himself as an important part of the water polo team here at Harvard. That said, he doesn’t limit his play to sports. Balaraman and his roommate showed off their philanthropic sides by offering their services as a package deal at Kirkland’s Date Auction last night...
...Public Management Establishment of La Défense (EPAD) - the modern, tower-filled financial and corporate district just west of Paris. Supporters of Sarkozy fils note that despite his tender age and incomplete studies, Jean ran for and won a regional counselor's post in 2008 in the area that includes La Défense. The following year, they point out, he was elected president of that body's ruling center-right majority. That electoral record makes his ambition to seek the EPAD presidency - which also requires him to win a majority vote by board members - entirely logical. "Jean Sarkozy...