Information of Interest, Sep 2012

1. Climate Change and Security: Risks and Opportunities (www.lloyds.com) – A Lloyd’s of London – International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) 360° Risk Insight Report, Climate Change an...

Visual Dysfunction vs. ADD/ADHD Misdiagnosed Child Behavior Disorders

Children presenting with inattention that can contribute to behavior disorders are often misdiagnosed and/or misrepresented. Teachers and parents commonly characterize these children as being difficul...

Science & Intelligence Analysis

Intelligence analysis is a dynamic, interactive battle of wits played under complex, uncertain circumstances. Analysts must gather evidence from open and classified sources, evaluate its credibility, ...

Evolution of SROI on DoD Healthcare Projects

President Obama’s October 5, 2009, Executive Order 13514 entitled, “Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance” puts the onus on government entities seeking project fun...

EPA Opens Registration for Campus RainWorks Design Challenge Competition

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, ...

Impacts of Rising Temperatures Climate Change in a Business-As-Usual World

Business-as-usual” has been characterized as a response to climate change. This climate change scenario saves nations from expending resources to mitigation in the near-term. However, the long-term ...

Environment & Security: Uranium Waste in Tajikistan

In northern Tajikistan nearly 55 million tonnes of uranium waste remains in uncovered and unsecured sites. One of the largest dump sites, with about 12 million tonnes of radioactive waste, is in Tabos...

National Security & Distributed Power Generation

Nine years ago on what was otherwise a regular summer day in Northern Ohio, a high-voltage transmission line sagged because of the high current passing through it and clipped an untrimmed tree branch ...

Running Out of Time: Climate Change Policy Failures

In January 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) jointly announced that 2010 tied 2005 as the hottest years in...

The Need to Protect the Scientific Deliberative Process

A situation has arisen involving scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) that should concern all those who value the principles of academic freedom and responsibility, and believe th...

A New Perspective on Persecution

According to two 2011 studies by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 2.18 billion Christians and 1.6 billion Muslims exist around the globe,...

WINTERS: 1970-1980; Robert Glenn Ketchum’s First Published Portfolio

With his first published portfolio, WINTERS: 1970-1980, Robert Glenn Ketchum challenged the established status quo of landscape photography. He achieved this by rejecting the iconic “view” in favo...

Information of Interest, Aug 2012

1. U.S. Navy Issues New Energy Policy to Drive Consumption Reduction (www.navy.mil) – The U.S. Navy issued a new energy policy that will drive energy consumption reduction at all Navy installations,...

Harvesting Rainwater New Codes & Design Standards

The topic of water shortages is nothing new as cities around the globe struggle with drought, water quality, supply constraints and failing infrastructure. However, the idea of new plumbing codes and ...

Restoring Aquatic Ecosystems Bioengineering & Ecotechnology

Natural rivers and their floodplains are among the most complex and diverse ecosystems in the world. Rivers have been used for hundreds of years for food, water, irrigation, electricity generation, tr...

USACE Albuquerque District Returning Rivers to Their Natural Path

Think about it; rarely does a perfectly straight line occur in nature. When men bend or straighten elements of nature to suit human purposes, it can result in unforeseen circumstances. Throughout hist...

U.S. Air Force Managing Wetlands at Hurlburt Field

Scientific research estimates that more than one-half of U.S. wetlands have been drained, dredged, flooded or filled since the beginning of colonial America with 45 percent of this loss due to urban d...

USACE’s Steve Stockton: The Urgent Need to Transform US Water Resources Infrastructure

Navigation channels that support international trade and produce one-third of U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), almost 14 million jobs, flood-risk reduction that prevents $22.3 billion in average ann...

USGS Climate Science at ESA – Species, Ecosystems, and Fire

About 4,000 people are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland, Ore., Aug. 5-10. The theme of this year’s conference is “Life on Earth: Preserving, U...

Students’ Robot Submarines Enter the Ring in Gladiator-Themed Competition

July 19, 2012, Thirty-two teams of high school and college engineering students are putting underwater robots through their paces in gladiator-themed missions at the 15th annual RoboSub Competition, J...

Outrage as World Bank Funds Power Lines Linked to Controversial Dam

Human rights organizations, including Survival International and Human Rights Watch, have fiercely criticized a decision by the World Bank to fund power lines in Ethiopia linked to the controversial G...

Face of Defense: Mine Detection Dogs Clear Afghan Roads

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan, July 13, 2012 – Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Black moved back toward the mine clearance vehicle to watch from a safe distance as a team traced the wire of a suspected improv...

Obama Administration Releases Report on Progress and Next Steps in Restoring the Everglades

Over $1.5 Billion Invested in the Everglades Since 2009; USDA To Fund Fourth Year of Easements for Water Quality, Wildlife Habitat Improvements in the Northern Everglades Watershed KISSIMMEE, FL., Jul...

Study: Indians Lag Behind Peers in Tests

Test scores of American Indian students nationwide still lag significantly behind their peers of other races, according to a recent study that focused on the academic progress of indigenous peoples. A...

Reordering Life: Contemplate Contentment

Most of us were unconditionally loved and accepted even before we were conceived. We grew and evolved in a protected, ordered and predictable environment where we continued to be loved and accepted fo...

Kids Who Survived the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s

Like everyone else, I receive a mountain of mostly unwanted emails every day. However, once in a while I get something that makes me smile, lifts my spirits and reminds me that, even amidst all the cr...

Slow Living Summit A Visit to Brattleboro Vermont

The Slow Living Summit is part of a particularly “green” end-of-May weekend in Brattleboro, Vermont, which is a prelude to the town’s homage to National Dairy Month – a parade featuring cows p...

Hierarchy of a Home Self-Actualization for House & Owner

Renowned psychologist Abraham Maslow said, “If you plan on being anything less than you’re capable of being, you’ll probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” His was a call-to-action for...

Saving Serengeti

It is one of the most famous names in the world. Almost any schoolchild, no matter where, can tell you about it. Many companies and services have adopted the appellation. Sunglasses and clothing lines...

Information of Interest, July 2012

1. BP Energy Outlook 2030 Projects Long-Term Energy Trends (www.bp.com) – BP’s Energy Outlook 2030 “highlights the growing role of developing economies in global energy consumption and the incre...
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