Monthly Archives: January 2012

Per DIEM…

…no, this isn’t a reference to the food and hotel allowance for federal employees on travel. Rather it’s a kaleidoscope of thoughts and impressions picked up today per those folks at DIEM – the DHS Center of Excellence headquartered in … Continue reading

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Carpe DIEM!

Seize the day! We all know we’re supposed to do this. Today, I’m living this out with an actual site visit to DIEM – the DHS Center of Excellence headquartered in Chapel Hill. Focusing on Natural Disasters, coastal Infrastructure, and … Continue reading

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Parallel Universes…and economics on the Real World

Subscribe to The Economist? Then – good news! – you get a huge (and welcome) dollop of education every week. But – bad news! – if you also have a fulltime job, you also face a choice…either skip articles…or slowly, … Continue reading

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Think differently. Ask another question. Learn more.

It’s a privilege to be in Washington, DC, and to work on Earth observations, science, and services. Many people might find that hard to believe! News coverage, focusing as it does on what’s wrong and vexing, invites those outside Washington … Continue reading

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Risk Mitigation for Climate Adaptation and Natural Hazards

An increasingly popular and visible feature of AMS Annual Meetings is a suite of so-called Town Halls. Often scheduled for the lunch hour (and therefore attracting primarily that minority of attendees who prefer food for thought to the competing invitation … Continue reading

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Introducing Dr. Jane Lubchenco

Those who need no introduction are most deserving of one… …but how do you introduce a legend? Dr. Lubchenco arrived at the AMS Annual Meeting here in New Orleans yesterday. This morning she delivers a keynote talk at the Seventh … Continue reading

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This year’s AMS Annual Meeting Theme

Did you know that the American Meteorological Society’s Annual Meeting always has a theme? Then you’re among a vanishingly small minority of the world’s seven billion people. Ask yourself…how many of those billions have ever even heard of the American … Continue reading

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What’s your reason for coming to the AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans?

Our community has already begun to assemble in New Orleans for this year’s AMS Annual Meeting, which formally runs from Sunday, January 22 through Thursday, January 26. Before the last paper’s presented and the last exhibit is repacked and shipped … Continue reading

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Wikipedia and Google assert themselves

“Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.” – Wes Fessler “The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well-being of others.” – Sharon Anthony Bower Do you like these … Continue reading

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NOAA and its people look to the future on Martin Luther King Day

“All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) Friday the President’s remarks on streamlining government focused on the economic agencies. But they also signaled his … Continue reading

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