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The policy applies to victims, first responders (fire,police and EMS) that are/were directly affected by the events of 9/11.

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“Today I announced $5 billion in funds to rebuild New Jersey and New York and here at NJIT tonight are the most remarkable design minds in the world,” said Donovan. “I spoke to President Obama for an hour about this design competition and he said this is exactly what the nation needs -- designers collaborating with government officials and residents affected by the storm. That’s the best way to rebuild and it’s our goal at HUD.”

Earlier in the day, the 10 design teams presented as many as five ideas to a jury assembled by Rebuild by Design, a Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force allied with HUD. The teams had three months to research their design ideas.  Early next month, the jury will select one idea -- the best idea -- from each team. The teams will focus on refining those ideas and the competition will continue into 2014, when HUD will decide which team or teams to fund.   "

"James Giresi, one of the students, said that Theodore’s class gave him the opportunity to get hands-on, real-life experience.  His team visited the Jersey shore several times, studying the ecology of the lowlands and the highlands, as well as the demographics of the residents living along the coast. After they gathered their research, they shared their findings with Theodore and the Dutch experts on her team"

Their membership consists of scientists, healthcare professionals and doctors. 

THe book has been referenced by the author in other papers, but not anywhere else accessible by the internet.

The data for the rport was collected for the end of 2005 to the beginning of 2006.

The system would be difficult to work with when a suicide crisis is at hand- no options are provided for crisis hotlines or emergent needed contact, a lack of internet to connect to the platform and/or if someone speaks another language other than english.