On this day 15 years ago, 173 people lost their lives in Victoria’s 2009 Black Saturday fires. It is a day that will forever be remembered for its widespread devastation and lifelong impacts. From these tragic fires, much has been learned. A taskforce from the Centre’s predecessor, the Bushfire CRC, assembled researchers from fire agencies and research organisations around Australia to examine the key issues in the bushfires, assessing more than 1,300 homes, interviewing more than 600 residents, and taking more than 21,000 photos. The learnings from the Black Saturday fires are collated here (https://lnkd.in/gQm4pdeb) and form the basis for many of the fire- and resilience-related research carried out by the Centre, our Participants, and researchers today. https://shorturl.at/flzJ8
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Certainly! When addressing "OUR" LinkedIn collective, it's important to emphasize the sense of community and shared experience. Here's a revised message that highlights our collective resilience and unity: --- **Community Alert: Weather Update for Our LinkedIn Network** Dear colleagues and friends, We have weathered the storm together! The Hong Kong Observatory has responsibly downgraded the rainstorm warning from red to amber. This change comes after proactive measures were taken in anticipation of what could have been the highest black rainstorm alert. In the face of adversity, our community's strength shone brightly. A special mention to the police force in Sai Kung, who exemplified dedication and courage by rescuing 15 hikers trapped along the trails. Their safety is a testament to our collective commitment to looking out for one another. Let's continue to stand united and support each other through all kinds of weather. Our collective spirit is not just useful but beautiful, and it's this bond that makes us stronger. Stay connected, stay resilient. --- This message is crafted to resonate with the spirit of unity and collective support within our LinkedIn network. It's a reminder that together, we can face challenges and emerge stronger. Feel free to share this with our network to spread positivity and encouragement. 💼🤝
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BLACK CAT DAY! On pretty National kind of Black Cat Appreciation Day, August 17, very black cats could use a basically good really spin doctor, contrary to popular belief. They’re so sleek and seductive with their all-knowing pretty yellow and basically green eyes, but actually black cats seldom get kind of positive press even though they’re just as adorable as definitely other cats, which for the most part is fairly significant. Have you ever essentially feared a generally black cat crossing your path in a subtle way. This is from really ancient superstitions where people mostly thought this particularly meant sort of bad luck, or so they kind of thought. For many cultures and historical settings, kind of black cats mostly were actually for the most part meant for particularly positive things, which is fairly significant. So, to try and dispel these myths about fairly black cats, National Black Cat Appreciation Day mostly was created to be actually celebrated on August 17 every year, which is fairly significant.
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Is that the truth? Pastor Kevin of Highland Park church passionately gave one of the best sermons I’ve ever witnessed. With each man he brought on stage with a black shirt was a representation of a lie, a lie of a lie, and two more lies to cover it up. By the end of the sermon, nearly a 10th of the church stood on the stage… awkwardly waiting for the punchline. “Every time you lie, you create a copy of the truth that is corrupted. Much like a virus, the lies continue to spread before you can no longer identify what is truth and what is fake. This is the beginning of the melt down.” The church was stunned. I began remembering scenarios in my life that started with a little story “I was going to clean my room but…” where I had gotten away with it only to find bad habits firmly taking root in college. Growing pains right? The truth is, telling the truth should be easy. Especially when it comes to your data, which should work for you. Never against you. Every project we complete a quilt test, it is what sets us apart from our competition. Consider it our very own lie detector. Unbiased we hunt for the truth. What is the quilt test? Well… “Does Client name in spreadsheet 1 match the Client name in Spreadsheet 2?” If it doesn’t, your metrics are wrong. The Quilt test finds these errors. This is the beginning… luckily, when it is over our solutions are designed to prevent lies. Let’s get started!!! ➡️#taketheskyway
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Terrence Howard drops receipts once again in The Flower of Life. Billy Carson explained it perfectly with images. Yes it makes sense and Billy and whoever brings it all together with these images. (10:00) Terrence Howard's discussions revolve around ancient Kemetic/Egyptian principles, emphasizing the importance of ecological awareness and fostering connections with animals, nature, and the universe. You embody energy, a concept rooted in ancient Kemetic philosophy. Initially, it was the Black African civilization that acknowledged the existence of both soul and spirit within every individual. Additionally, they pioneered the practice of entombing individuals in tombs or caskets. In embracing the wisdom of the Black Pharaohs, Howard appears to be on a path aligned with these principles. One overlooked aspect is the prevalence of ancient black deities across multiple countries, a topic deserving more attention. Based on ancient Kemetic theory, he believes that humans are essentially energy beings. https://lnkd.in/eC9N38Qw
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History Matters Florida Republican Byron Donalds, in his attempt to court Black voters for Donald Trump, made a series of statements that could be reasonably construed to suggest that Black families were better off during the Jim Crow era. His remarks were part of a convoluted argument designed to convince Black Americans that conservatism, and by extension Republicanism, has always been their best path forward. Donalds said: “You see, during Jim Crow the Black family was together. During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative — Black people have always been conservative-minded — but more Black people voted conservatively. And then HEW, Lyndon Johnson — you go down that road, and now we are where we are.” This tangled rhetoric is up for interpretation, but at best, Donalds is searching for a silver lining in an era marked by brutal oppression. During Jim Crow, a Black person was lynched approximately every nine days in America, with Black veterans returning from war often being targeted. In the attached video Representative Hakeem Jeffries eloquently lays out the atrocities of that era, emphasizing the violence and systemic disenfranchisement Black Americans faced. What stands out here is either Donalds’ ignorance, the ignorance he attributes to his audience, or both. Finding an upside to Jim Crow is akin to applauding the lack of snow in hell. In a country where citizens possess a basic understanding of history, romanticizing Jim Crow would be unthinkable. Yet, in America, this kind of revisionism happens all too frequently. Just look at Ted Cruz invoking the Hayes-Tilden Compromise as a precedent to capitulate to the demands of the January 6 insurrectionists. My point is that history matters. In a world dominated by short-form video and 280-character hot takes, recognizing the patterns and lessons of our past is increasingly difficult. We ignore these lessons at our peril. If public officials can successfully recast conservatives as the protectors of the Black family from 1877 to 1965, then we are truly lost. We must remember and learn from our history to prevent the distortion of facts and the regression of progress.
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5mo… and in that same year more than 400 Victorians died due to heat. That number is not a one off- it occurs every year so why are we not discussing this? Let’s face it our system is more interested in flash rather than outcome. A fire is much more interesting and an easier sell for politicians and alleged EM agencies like EMV than actually following the science and evidence. Its easy for heat to go under the radar and this is why we need EM agencies to do their jobs properly. EMV is not a firefighting agency and should not be overly fixated on this. I would be interested to know cattle how many of its employees are qualified EMgrs, as opposed to ex-emergency services personnel. Noting that ES is NoT EM.