Posted on

SchwartzReport: Arizona Town Runs Low on Water

This is the other end of the Water is Destiny Trend spectrum. Rising sea levels will produce one migration — away from the coasts, while what happened in Williams, will spread across the Southwest and Plains states, and create another. Arizona Town Near Grand Canyon Runs Low on Water The Associated Press

Posted on

Worth a Look: OpenEarth (Data, Models, Tools)

What is OpenEarth? OpenEarth is a free and open source initiative to deal with Data, Models and Tools in earth science & engineering projects, currently mainly marine & coastal. In current practice, research, consultancy and construction projects commonly spend a significant part of their budget to setup some basic infrastructure for data and knowledge management. …

Continue reading “Worth a Look: OpenEarth (Data, Models, Tools)”

Posted on

SchwartzReport: Climate Change, Flood Plain, & Interactive Models

It is impossible to have a rational conversation about climate change in the U.S. Congress or in Red value state legislatures, but in Blue value coastal states the implications of climate change and sea level rise are becoming a major issue, as this report explains. 84,000 Lives Threatened By Sea Level Rise In New England …

Continue reading “SchwartzReport: Climate Change, Flood Plain, & Interactive Models”

Posted on

Jim Dean: Alexander Orlov on USA Implosion in Middle East — “Going, Going, Gone…”

NEO – USA in Mid East – Going, Going, Gone [Veteran’s Today Editor’s note:  Alexander brings us more analysis from the Russian perspective at this critical time. The US seems to be rolling the dice in a desperate game to create instability on Russia’s border, establish an offensive base in the Ukraine, threaten Russia gas …

Continue reading “Jim Dean: Alexander Orlov on USA Implosion in Middle East — “Going, Going, Gone…””

Posted on

Berto Jongman: Jihadists Now Control Secretive U.S. Base in Libya

Jihadists Now Control Secretive U.S. Base in Libya A camp on the Libyan coastline meant to train terror-hunters has instead become a haven for terrorists and al Qaeda. A key jihadist leader and longtime member of al Qaeda has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by U.S. special operations forces on the …

Continue reading “Berto Jongman: Jihadists Now Control Secretive U.S. Base in Libya”

Posted on

SchwartzReport: Physics Revolution – Discovering Consciousness as Matter

This report on the latest developments concerning consciousness research in physics is a wonderful illustration of a trend: the cutting edge of physicalist research is confronting consciousness. It is now one step away. Note two things: 1) the acknowledgement that the model is incomplete, missing a link, and a paradox: “why does the information content …

Continue reading “SchwartzReport: Physics Revolution – Discovering Consciousness as Matter”