There is an ongoing competition to build the most efficient solar PV technology. As soon as one company claims the most efficient product, another comes along with a competing claim. Today, we have two new performance claims to share. Two companies, Semprius and Alta Devices have recently released statements that their products have reached newRead… Read more »
Last night’s announcement came as no surprise — that the President would formally align himself with super PAC run by former White House staffers. The corrupting influence of money in politics, according to the President’s public persona, is a threat wielded by rank-and-file lobbyists and insider trading. It’s been about a year since the postRead… Read more »
Cenzic and Winvale Partner to Deliver Application Security Solutions to the Government Focus on Securing your Customer Data to Improve Customer Service and Avoid Negative Publicity by Stopping Cloud and Web Application Vulnerabilities
You may have guessed that in a Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) the focus is on results. Not time, not physical presence. For years, organizations have tracked success by looking at time cards and making sure everyone is at their desks. That’s the old currency. What does it really mean if you put in 60 hoursRead… Read more »
Annie Leibovitz, Plano, Illinois, 2011. © Annie Leibovitz, 2011 On Tuesday, January 24, a couple of hours before the president delivered his address to Congress, Annie Leibovitz presented her own state of the union to a sold-out audience at American Art’s McEvoy Auditorium. Hers was a photographic pilgrimage–a meditation on the poetry of place–that tookRead… Read more »
Max Stephenson From the Institute for Policy and Governance blog: “Some 30 years ago the eminent political scientist Samuel Beer wrote an article for the New Republic in which he questioned the implications for what he called the idea of the nation of then President Reagan’s declaration that “government” was the nation’s most pressing challenge.Read… Read more »
Virginia Cooperative Extension/Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia are hosting a 2-day symposium on Sustainability “Working with Nature for Sustainable, Beautiful Gardens” June 9-10 From the Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia: A Two-Day Symposium Featuring * Douglas W. Tallamy, Author of Bringing Nature Home * Holly Shimizu, Executive Director, U.S. Botanic Garden Register now through EventBrite.Read… Read more »
Virginia Cooperative Extension/Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia are hosting a 2-day symposium on Sustainability “Working with Nature for Sustainable, Beautiful Gardens” June 9-10 From the Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia: A Two-Day Symposium Fea Original post
I work at the bottom of the transportation food chain. At this level, we have some very basic needs. Each year, we need to fix roads, and we need to find the money to do so. And for the first time in my career, Congress seems to be considering a transportation bill that might justRead… Read more »
The iOS vs Android battle rages on – and Apple is losing talking points This latest news about the two major mobile operating systems does not look good for Apple. A new report, created by the mobile analysis company Crittercism, provides a very good (and surprising) analysis of mobile operating system stability In short, Apple’sRead… Read more »