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Saturday, September 15, 2012
National Report on the Well-Being of America's Children
America's
Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, examines this question and features statistics on children and families in the United States.
The report addresses seven key areas, including family and social
environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and
safety, behavior, education and health. It is a interesting read and will give
you insight into the lives and circumstances of America’s children, useful
knowledge for any education professional or parent.
You can look at the report on the website or download a pdf version.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Training Opportunity: NWS Storm Spotter.
The National Weather Service in Charleston, SC is now scheduling Storm Spotter classes across portions of southeast SC and and southeast GA.
If you are interested in becoming a trained Storm Spotter, or you know someone that is, please pass this invitation along.
You can learn more about the Storm Spotter program on our web site at: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/chs/skywarn.shtml
Thanks for your continued partnership!
National Weather Service - Charleston SC
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
World: Humanitarian and Country Icons 2012
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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA) has created a set of 500 freely available humanitarian icons to help relief workers present emergency and crisis-related information quickly and simply.
When a disaster strikes, it is vital that the humanitarian community can gather reliable data on the locations and needs of affected people and who is best placed to assist them. This often involves the need to present complex information in a way that everyone can understand.
“Clearly presenting and visualizing this information is the next step and hopefully leads to more effective and timely humanitarian assistance,” said Akiko Harayama, Head of OCHA’s Advocacy and Visual Media Unit (AVMU), OCHA.
OCHA’s icons are used throughout the range of information products it produces for the humanitarian community, such as maps, reports, infographics and websites (http://reliefweb.int/maps?sl=environment-report_listing%252Ctaxonomy_ind...).
”After the first set was released in 2008, we started to receive requests for new symbols from our humanitarian partners, including UN agencies and NGOs in the field around the world,” said Harayama. “In the midst of a crisis response, relief workers would not have the time or design skills to create useable symbols.”
The set of symbols has since expanded to cover everything from natural disasters, such as tsunamis and earthquakes, to relief supplies, such as water containers and shelter kits. It also includes complex humanitarian issues, such as access to people in need and protection of civilians. Countries and territories are also covered.
Sofya Polyakov is the co-founder and CEO of The Noun Project—a website that offers a crowdsourced collection of universally recognizable icons for visual communication. She explains: “Symbols are some of the best communication tools we have to overcome many language and cultural barriers. By making symbols easily accessible, OCHA is helping humanitarians, disaster responders and people around the world to quickly and easily communicate important concepts, no matter where they are.”
The symbols can be downloaded for free on ReliefWeb http://reliefweb.int/map/world/world-humanitarian-and-country-icons-2012 and The Noun Project http://thenounproject.com/collections/ocha-humanitarian-icons/. Whenever possible, credit as follows: “Source: OCHA”. We would appreciate a notification via email with a link to your work for our records. Suggestions and feedback can be sent to ochaavmu@un.org.
Also, the OCHA graphics style book that describes the OCHA visual identity (colour, font and logo), best practices in visual design and different ways to represent information (charts, maps, photos) is available onhttp://www.unocha.org/about-us/publications/thematic.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.