Jon W Mitchell

Emma Espiner: Lessons from a pandemic

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• Jon Mitchell, an emergency management specialist, cautioned the audience about falsely characterising modern New Zealand as having less 'community' than the early 1900s. He knows what he's talking about, having been heavily involved in the post-quake response in Christchurch. He talked about the int
• Date: Feb 08, 2018
• Category: Health
• Source: Google

US Interior chief urges changes to national monuments: report

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• supporters cheered changes outlined in Zinkes memo. Jon Mitchell, the mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a large fishing port, said the marine monument designation process may have been well intended, but it has simply lacked a comparable level of industry input, scientific rigor and deliberation.
• Date: Sep 18, 2017
• Category: U.S.
• Source: Google

Can Indigenous Okinawans Protect Their Land and Water From the US Military?

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• ncrete blocks to keep trucks from entering the Futenma Air Station back in January. The US military has also conducted surveillance of Okinawan land protectors as well as journalists reporting on them, according to documents obtained by journalist Jon Mitchell under the Freedom of Information Act.
• Date: Dec 20, 2016
• Category: Business
• Source: Google

Cenovus significantly scales up caribou protection efforts with $32M project

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• The industry's footprint has essentially created "highways" for moose and deer looking for young grasses to munch on and that, in turn, attracts predators such as wolves and bears, said Jon Mitchell, the company's vice president of environment and sustainability.
• Date: Jun 14, 2016
• Category: Business
• Source: Google

Mass. Utilities Back out of Plan to Buy Power Generated by Cape Wind -- Update

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• "It's too early to offer a eulogy" for the wind project, said Jon Mitchell, the mayor of New Bedford, Mass. Hiscity--a former whaling hub--would play a key role in shipping parts out to the wind farm site off the southern coast ofCape Cod. He cited the many roadblocks the project previously overca
• Date: Jan 07, 2015
• Category: Business
• Source: Google

Fish tale focus of Massachusetts governor campaign

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• New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell, a Democrat, said he knows a lot of people who have played and coached football in the area, as well as people who work in the fishing industry, and he knows no one resembling Baker's description.
• Date: Oct 31, 2014
• Category: U.S.
• Source: Google

Why the New Chromebook Still Doesn't Cut It

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• Yet Google's repeated gamble with the second round of Chromebook and Chromebox (introduced Tuesday; for more details seeNew Chromebook and Chromebox Are Good Enough to Grab Minds and Market Share, by ReadWriteWeb's Jon Mitchell), is that the quality of Web apps in themselves has risen to such a le
• Date: May 31, 2012
• Category: Sci/Tech
• Source: Google

Samsung Series 5 550 Chromebook is good enough for you

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• It's no "unanswered question" at all. I assume Scott's post is meant to refute his ReadWriteWeb colleague Jon Mitchell's Chromebook review. The answer is there -- not even in the text but a sidebar, called out plain as day.
• Date: May 31, 2012
• Source: Google

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Oakland, CA
Portland, OR
Providence, RI
Atlanta, GA

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The Daily Portal - Keeper (2013)
SAY Media - Staff Writer, ReadWrite (2011-2013)

Education:

Brown University - Music & Mind, Paideia School

About:

Cosmos journalist. Keeper of The Daily Portal. Proprietor of Everything is ablaze! I also write for Burning Man and edit Tales From The Playa on the Burning Blog. I help other artists and writers buil...

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I like portals.

Work:

Hewlett-Packard - Inside Sales Rep (5)
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield - Server Administrator (2-5)

Education:

Central Baptist College - Organizational Management, Webster University - IT Management

Bragging Rights:

I enjoy repairing iPads and iPhones (as well as select other smart devices). If you ever need anything fixed on these type devices don't hesitate to give me a shout and I"ll do my best to hook you up. The beauty of this hobby of mine is that I can typically do it cheaper and faster than if you were to have to send it back to the manufacturer.

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Welsh-born journalist based in Japan.