William James Smith, Jr.

Disaster on Pacific Islands: Contextualizing External Emergency Response and Technology – Parts 1,2 and 3

Map of the Caroline Islands, Indonesia and Papua New GuineaDr. William Smith of UNLV explains the importance of cross-cultural methodologies and their vital importance in the effectiveness of hazard mitigation systems in the Pacific Islands with a particular focus on the Federated States of Micronesia.

William James Smith, Jr., posted on March 9th, 2009
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Panorama of the East Coast

Panorama of the East Coast

This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA