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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><a class="txtlink" href="#BB2008"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">BCP Budget for 2008</span></a></div> <div><font face="Tahoma">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><a href="#OYBWIA" class="txtlink">Outsource Your BCP Work in Asia</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div align="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#000000"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.calamityprevention.com/landing_page.php" title=""><img style="margin: 0px" width="468" height="60" border="0" title="" alt="" src="http://www.calamityprevention.com/images/fcp_wavebanner.gif"><br> <br> </a></font> <div align="justify"><font color="#000000"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.calamityprevention.com/landing_page.php"></a></font></div></div></div> <div align="justify"></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div align="justify"></div> <div> <div align="justify"></div> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma"><strong><a name="JC"></a></strong></font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong>Jackie Chan (</strong></font><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: SimSun-18030">b™Ÿ</span></strong><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">) </span></strong></font><a href="../view/2483128#B1" class="txtlink"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"></span></a><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong> Fights Birds</strong></font><a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.hkfilm.net/chanbio.htm"><br> Hong Kong's &quot;Big Brother&quot;</a> ('YåT) warns children <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000376/index.html">about the threat of 'bird flu'</a> in <a href="ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/Video/J_Chan1.mpg" target="_blank" title="">this video</a> from the <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.un.org/">United Nations</a> <a href="http://www.fao.org/" target="_blank" title="">Food &amp; Agriculture Organization</a>. The origami cranes are cute and colorful, the children even cuter.&nbsp; But the <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&amp;q=rush+hour">Rush Hour</a> star's message should have been in Cantonese or Mandarin: he almost loses his fight with English here. <em>Note: the video is in .mpg format<br> <br> </em></p> <div> <p align="justify"> </p> <hr style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" noshade="noshade" color="#000000"> <div align="justify"><font face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma"><br> </span></strong></font></div> <div align="justify"><font face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma"><a name="ATWR"></a></span></strong></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: black" size="2" face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana">And The Winners&nbsp;Are...</span></strong></font><br> <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: black" size="2" face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana"></span></strong></font></div> <div align="justify"></div> <div align="justify"><a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.bcpasia.com/">BCP Asia</a> will announce winners of the first <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.bcmconference.com/aw_overview.htm">Asia Business Continuity Awards</a> on 30 October in Singapore. Asian companies and the Asia offices of non-Asian companies are eligible.</div></div> </div></div> <p align="justify">One nominated company will be recognized for excellence in its business continuity program.&nbsp; A &quot;Business Continuity Manager of the Year&quot; in Asia will also be honored, and one <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.paralumun.com/oldsoul.htm">old soul</a> will receive a &quot;Lifetime Achievement&quot; award. And there are three (3) categories for vendors: recovery sites, records storage, and BCP-related software.</p> <p align="justify">Want to win? Submit <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.bcpasia.com/bcmconference/pdf/ABCA2007_Entry%20Formv2.pdf">this ABCA entry form</a>. You have 2,000 words to state your case, and need USD $100 to nominate a person, or USD $500 to nominate a company.&nbsp; The judges include <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.businesscontinuityawards.com/pages/judges/lyndon_bird.jpg">Lyndon Bird</a> (U.K.), Jane White (U.K.) and <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.acevents.com.au/risk2006/images/speakers/John-Worthington.jpg">John Worthington</a> (Australia). A U.S. judge will be added to the panel soon.<br> <br> </p> <div align="justify"></div> <hr style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" noshade="noshade" color="#000000" align="justify"> <div align="justify"> </div> <div> <div align="justify"></div> <div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"> <div align="justify"><font face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma"></span></strong></font><br> </div><font face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma"></span></strong></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana" size="2" face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana"><a name="OEMT"></a></span></strong></font></font></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana" size="2" face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana">Online </span></strong></font></font></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana" size="2" face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana">Emergency Management Training</span></strong></font></font></font><font face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma"><br> </span></strong></font></div> <div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.homelandresponder.org/">Homeland Responder Training Network</a> (HRTN) offers a large catalog of <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.homelandresponder.org/Pages/HR-2-features.html">online video training &quot;briefs&quot;</a> and DVD's about emergency response (ER) and emergency management (EM) for both professionals and volunteers. Here's a sample: <a target="_blank" title="" href="http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_209.htm">Recognizing A Terrorist Incident</a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></span> <p>The company is in Florida, so you'll hear law enforcement officers speaking English in <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=detail&amp;speakerid=445">Southern American drawls</a> and <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail&amp;speakerid=121">Brooklyn accents</a> about <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_132.htm">disaster site security</a>, <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_114.htm">critical incident stress</a>, <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_120.htm">Incident Command System</a> (ICS) and other topics.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p><a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.homelandresponder.org/">HRTN</a> offers a new video about once a week by email: <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.homelandresponder.org/pages/subscribe.html">subscribe here</a>.<br> <br> </p></div></div> <hr style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" noshade="noshade" color="#000000"> <div class="MsoNormal"></div> <div align="justify"><font face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma"><br> <font size="2"><a name="EMA"></a>Emergency Managers in Asia</font></span></strong></font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"></span></strong></font></div> <div> <div align="justify"> </div> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="justify">The <a title="IAEM in Asia" target="_blank" href="http://www.iaem.com.sg/">International Association of Emergency Managers</a> (IAEM) awards the <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.iaem.com/certification/generalinfo/cem.htm">Certified Emergency Manager</a>® credential to qualified emergency professionals around the world. There is an <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.iaem.com.sg/mailinglist.htm">IAEM in Asia mailing list</a> only for professionals in Asia; <a href="http://www.iaem.com.sg/mailinglist.htm" target="_blank" title="">sign up</a> if you're interested. </p> <div align="justify"> <p><a title="Tuan Haji Othman" target="_blank" href="http://www.osha.com.my/principal.php">Tuan Haji Othman</a> is IAEM's new <a title="Malaysia" target="_blank" href="http://www.tourism.gov.my/">Malaysia</a> representative. Mr. Othman is&nbsp;Principal Consultant at the&nbsp;<a title="Occ Safety &amp; Health Academy Malaysia" target="_blank" href="http://www.osha.com.my/">Occupational Health &amp; Safety Academy</a> in Kuala Lumpur, and is the Risk Management Advisor for Malaysia's new Customs, Immigration &amp; Quarantine Complex in Johor Bahru. His email address is <a title="" href="mailto:othman@osha.com.my">othman@osha.com.my</a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">.</span><img style="margin: 19px 0px 0px 10px" width="231" height="176" align="right" src="http://www.calamityprevention.com/images/NLF_David_Gault.jpg" alt="" title=""></p> </div> <div align="justify"> <p>Mr. David Gault (on right in the photo) is the new <a title="IAEM in Asia" target="_blank" href="http://www.iaem.com.sg/">IAEM</a> representative for <a title="Hong Kong Google map" target="_blank" href="http://map.rssconnect.net/">Hong Kong</a>. David is Asia Regional Planning Manager for <a title="Kenyon" target="_blank" href="http://www.kenyoninternational.com/">Kenyon International</a>, the large disaster management company based in the U.S.A.&nbsp;His email address is <a href="mailto:gaultd@kenyoninternational.com" title="">gaultd@kenyoninternational.com</a></p> </div> <div align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> </span></font> <p>Sheila Marie &quot;Smac&quot; Crespo-Cantos is the new <a title="IAEM in Asia" target="_blank" href="http://www.iaem.com.sg/">IAEM</a> representative for the <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.philippine-islands.info/">Philippines</a>. Smac is the Manager of Emergency Planning for <a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.philippineairlines.com/">Philippine Airlines</a>. Her email address is <a href="mailto:Smac_Cantos@pal.com.ph" title="">Smac_Cantos@pal.com.ph</a>. </p> Hj. Othman, Smac Cantos and David Gault join <a target="_blank" href="http://www.iaem.com.sg/?p=8" title="">Mr. Angus Wildie</a>, General Manager of <a href="http://www.lat-indonesia.com/" target="_blank">Lane </a><a title="Lane Archive Technol