AtHoc IWSAlerts is already installed and in use on base, and it is helping
Vance comply
with Air Force-specific requirements for installation-wide
warning systems as outlined in Air Force
Instruction (AFI) 10-2501. UNICEF has
also provided over 685,000 children's Warm Clothing Kits to
help keep children
warm and dry during the winter months, which is crucial to their survival. Over
the next two years, the
campaign is designed to bring open-air adventures to new heights
through
the support of our National Parks.
Get involved - encourage kids to stop by a Ranger station
to
pick up a Junior Ranger kit, or find out how to start a Junior
Ranger program
in your community.
Ocean Spray is an agricultural cooperative owned by more than 650
cranberry
growers in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon,
Washington, British Columbia and other parts
of Canada as well as more
than 100 Florida grapefruit growers.
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Randolph AFB, the location of AETC
headquarters, has already purchased the
offering and is in the process of implementing the product
. Vance AFB has already
integrated the network alerting system with its outdoor sirens, so it can
launch alerts through the siren and over the network with a single push of
a button.com.
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"Vance AFB can now use AtHoc IWSAlerts to contact its full staff in an
average of one minute. AtHoc offers a broad set of alerting solutions
for the government/defense
agencies and commercial enterprises, including
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1. The
concept is simple: school
supplies and materials for up to 80 students, plus supplies for the teacher
,
are delivered in a locked box which can double as a blackboard when coated
with the special paint
included in the kit. Using a locally developed teaching guide and curriculum,
teachers can establish
makeshift classrooms almost anywhere, thus ensuring the
child's right to education, no matter how
unstable the situation.
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For more
information on AtHoc, please visit http://www. In the Balakot area alone, a town almost 100 percent
destroyed in the quake, hundreds of schoolchildren were killed instantly when
the earthquake struck
. These schools are not only giving children
a place where they can be educated and play, but also
provide a safe
environment where they can receive food, immunizations and have access to
clean
water.
About UNICEF
Founded in 1946, UNICEF helps save, protect and improve the lives
of
children in 155 countries and territories through immunization, education,
health care, nutrition
, clean water and sanitation.unicefusa. The National Park Foundation strengthens the enduring
connection
between the American people and their National Parks by
raising private funds, making strategic grants
, creating innovative
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The solution includes provisions
for secure
communication, authentication and encryption using DoD and
industry-standard PKI-encryption
technologies.S."
To date, UNICEF has immunized 1,254,610 children under 15 against measles
and
provided 150 Emergency Health Kits to restart health services in affected
areas. For
more information
about UNICEF or to make a donation, please visit
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Junior Ranger program encourages children and their families
to engage
in fun, hands-on and self-directed learning activities that enhance
the National Park
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AtHoc provides enterprise-class network-based alerting systems for
emergency
notifications, force protection readiness, anti-terror warnings
and critical communications. UNICEF
is non-partisan and
its cooperation is free of discrimination. Ocean Spray was formed 75 years
ago
by three cranberry growers from Massachusetts and New Jersey.
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These alerts comply with signals
and messaging
specifications appropriate to Force Protection Conditions (FPCONs),
watches, warnings
, evacuation routes, battle staff directives and other
federal, Department of Defense (DoD), USAF
and AETC-specific emergency
notifications.
The National Park Foundation (www.survival bushcraft
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AtHoc, Inc.
AtHoc IWSAlerts
provides AETC with the ability to send alerts to all
computers connected to bases' networks whenever
a threat is identified.
The kits, which cost just $20, include a winter jacket, a hat and scarf,
socks
and snow boots.outlands jimbo
today announced that the Air
Education and Training Command (AETC) has selected
AtHoc IWSAlerts to meet
its critical alerting needs for force protection, operational readiness and
anti-terror warnings.
AtHoc IWSAlerts will help the bases make sure that dangerous situations
are
dealt with appropriately to keep personnel safe.
AtHoc recently announced the general
availability of AtHoc IWSAlerts v6.UNICEF Ambassador Lucy Liu Meets Young Survivors In Earthquake-Devastated
Northern Pakistan
They needed food, water, shelter and health care.
"I believe there could
be a change for the better here," said Liu.
"Children who never went to school before are coming
now.stonework howstuffworks
The School-in-a-Box
has been used by UNICEF since the mid-1990s. "I spent time at
the schools
and witnessed the energy and eagerness of the children to be in
the classroom doing their lessons
.77 and contains basic drugs, medical supplies and
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Now people know about the threat and have instructions for action
within
a minute of the alert being sent -- whether they are outdoors or
inside sound-proof buildings and
bunkers."
Now, more than four months since the quake, UNICEF is gearing up for its
Welcome
to School campaign. It is my hope that
increased enrollment will lead to increased progress.
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Craisins(R) into a backpack for
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AtHoc has
partnered with Microsoft, Northrop Grumman
and IBM to bring these
notifications solutions to the enterprise market. This spring and summer,
Ocean Spray and
the National Park Foundation encourage families to get outside, get
active and
enjoy our nation's natural treasures by providing "berry"
enjoyable incentives for outdoor adventures
through the Craisins(R)
Snack Packin' Across America(TM) program.
Ocean Spray Craisins(R) is packing
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PRESS RELEASE
Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Bases to Use AtHoc IWSAlerts as Standard for Network
-Based Emergency Notifications
Threats can range from terror warnings to an approaching tornado
. Strategic
Command, U.nationalparks.quicksand homesteading
"While helping the bases protect personnel, we're also helping
them comply
with Department of Defense and Air Force-specific FSTR readiness
requirements.
About AtHoc, Inc.
Liu traveled with UNICEF to the tented villages in the North West Frontier
Province (NWFP) where over 200,000 houses were damaged and over 6,700 schools
were destroyed.
UNICEF's priority is to get children back to
school as quickly as possible and provide learning
opportunities to
approximately 500,000 children, which will also help them cope with the trauma
they
have suffered. Returning to a classroom environment provides children
with stability, structure
and a sense of normalcy.
"These tent schools, provided by UNICEF, are the first step towards
rebuilding the educational system from scratch," said Liu.procuring homesteading
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AtHoc IWSAlerts is one of the
few commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) networked
alerting systems that have received Defense Information
Technology Security
Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP) certification and the
only
one to receive Certification to Operate (CTO) and Approval to Operate
(ATO) on AETC's network. Air
Force, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Boeing, eBay and Juniper
Networks are some of the world-class organizations
that have selected and
deployed AtHoc for their critical enterprise notifications needs. "In the
immediate aftermath of the
earthquake, UNICEF's priority was to ensure the survival of these children
and
their families. In everything it does, the most
disadvantaged children and the countries
in greatest need have priority. The Craisins(R) Snack Packin' Across
America(TM) program will take
off during National Park Week on April
17, 2005, and continue this summer. The first 10,000
entries
will receive a special e-voucher for $10 off a National Parks
Pass, and the top 500 first place prizes
will be awarded a National
Parks Pass worth $50, which allows one year of unlimited entry into
all
National Parks that charge entrance fees.
"We hope Snack Packin' Across America(TM) encourages families
to
get outside and get active this summer by exploring the wonder and
beauty of our National Parks
," said Ken Romanzi, Domestic Chief
Operating Officer at Ocean Spray.wilderness listservs
The
alerts, in the form of
pop-up windows accompanied by an audio alarm,
describe the potential threat, categorize the threat
level and include
instructions for action. Each kit costs $239. Ocean Spray posted fiscal 2004
gross
sales of roughly $1.knapping ticks
Vance Air Force Base (AFB) is the first AETC base to
fully deploy the product
to provide base-wide networked mass notifications.listservs knapping
"
To ensure safe family adventures this summer
, Ocean Spray and the
National Park Foundation suggest a few safety and preparedness tips
for active
family fun:
Keep a good pace - take rests when needed, especially when
hiking with
children, stop to enjoy the view and take in
surrounding nature.firemaking quicksand
S. NEW YORK, UNICEF Ambassador
Lucy Liu returned from
Pakistan, where she witnessed the extraordinary scale of devastation and human
suffering during her visit to the heart of the earthquake zone.org or call 1-800-4UNICEF. "With the
continued popularity of
Craisins(R) and our partnership with the National Park Foundation, we
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happy to support active families and show our commitment to help
Americans live healthier lives.
Over the past seven
years alone, the Foundation has contributed more than $135 million in
total
grants and program support to National Parks across the country. Ocean Spray
is North Americas leading
producer of canned and bottled juices and
juice drinks, and has been the best-selling brand name
in the canned
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In emergencies, seconds count, and we're making
it
possible for the base to quickly reach a broad audience with clear
instructions for action
," said Guy Miasnik, AtHoc's president and CEO.athoc.
org), chartered by
Congress in 1967
, is the official nonprofit partner of Americas
National Parks.4 billion.hiker wilderness
The product is a DoD
-specific application of the company's flagship and
market-proven Enterprise Notifications Suite.
"
UNICEF's Welcome to School campaign consists of supplying 16,500
winterized school tents
and 13,540 School-in-a-Box kits. In addition to the basic school
supplies, such as exercise books
, pencils, erasers and scissors, the kit also
includes a wooden teaching clock, plastic cubes for
counting and a set of
three laminated posters to teach students about the alphabet, multiplication
and number tables.stonework howstuffworks
"While in Balakot, I saw UNICEF's efforts to alleviate the suffering of
so
many of the surviving children," said Liu.
Ocean Spray continues its history of partnering
with families and
communities in a healthy and positive way through this partnership
with the
National Park Foundation and the Junior Ranger Program.cordage atlatl
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