"More than a half-dozen new pots of federal money are being eyed"
Not only does the allocation of the resources disturb me to they point of tears and a hollow pained feeling in my chest, but the terminology is offen$ively in$ulting when you consider the cuts in food stamps to a hungry population and the failure to extend unemployment benefits to out-of-work Americans. But the federal government has half-a-dozen pots of new money!
Then consider this:
Cold Blast Brings Extreme U.S. Weather
Globe does give me a printed photograph on page A2:
"ICY ENDING -- Crew members on the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy greeted a mariner over the weekend standing aboard his 36-foot sailboat, which was trapped in the Arctic ice about 40 miles northeast of Barrow, Alaska. The sailor, based in Vancouver, said he wast attempting to sail to eastern Canada through the Northwest Passage (Boston Globe July 15 2014)."
Wait a minute, isn't it SUMMER UP THERE?
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See how long ago I was told the ice would be all melted now? And it's at record thickness?
And you wonder why I am sick of the dogma from the climate change crowd?
On page A1?
"In Nahant, NU eyes federal funds for climate research" by Tracy Jan | Globe Staff July 08, 2014
NAHANT — A rocky bluff overlooking Massachusetts Bay has had many lives: a US senator’s estate, a World War II bunker, a Cold War missile base. Now, Northeastern University is gambling that it can turn the location into a research magnet for tens of millions in federal dollars to study climate change.
Studying the impact of global warming on — in Washington parlance — “urban coastal sustainability” has become one of the hottest sources of federal dollars, and Northeastern officials believe its modest marine science center in Nahant can win up to $25 million a year in US research grants and boost the university’s profile in the process.
Related: This Post No Day at the Beach
“This is a no-brainer for us. We’re positioning ourselves aggressively. We need the money to survive,” said J. Murray Gibson, dean of Northeastern’s College of Science.
I would rather it go for that than for the homeless and hungry, or for veterans care. Sorry.
Northeastern’s pursuit of the research money provides a case study of how universities are competing for federal dollars — especially smaller schools tired of living in the shadows of research powerhouses like Harvard and MIT.
Winning large federal grants can help a university build its brand. Also at stake: jobs and a construction project, as Northeastern plans a $50 million research building on its Nahant campus.
Honestly, I am truly tired of reading agenda-pu$hing, $elf-$erving $lop and all the imagery and illusion attached to the narrative myth. Sorry.
Some universities used to rely heavily on members of Congress “earmarking” money for research and other projects. After Congress banned earmarks in 2011 amid criticism that they rewarded political clout, not merit, a new strategy has emerged.
Pigs -- with all due respect to them because it is unfair to pigs to compare them to politicians; they have much more honor and intelligence -- know how to keep getting their nose into the trough.
With the help of a team of consultants and lobbyists, university officials have urged Congress to increase research funding for certain key agencies, then lobby the agencies that award the cash.
So even the in$titutions of higher learning are no different than money-addicted, tax-sucking corporate concerns, 'eh?
And you wonder why I have given up on the AmeriKan government as currently constituted?
The Obama administration has made coastal sustainability research a priority following natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy, which ravaged much of the East Coast in 2012. Massachusetts is among many coastal states losing an increasing amount of land to erosion.
As a result, more than a half-dozen new pots of federal money are being eyed by Northeastern.
The university believes that gaining even a portion of research funds could be transformative. President Obama last month committed $1 billion for national disaster resilience.
I'm not knocking it per se, but this is in the face of $5 million for a real problem affecting everyone everyday (as he wants $4 BILLION for the care of illegal immigrant kids shipped here by agenda-pushing NGOs).
The Department of Interior recently awarded $100 million in grants for Atlantic coast communities affected by Sandy. And, following input from Northeastern scientists and others, the National Science Foundation is dedicating $670 million toward programs related to coastal sustainability and climate change research.
Northeastern today brings in just $5.2 million in funding for coastal sustainability research, out of its $110 million annual federal research portfolio.
The university’s strategy has its risks, as Northeastern learned last month when it did not receive a $1.2 million coastal resiliency grant from the Department of Interior to analyze the state’s tide gates that protect wetlands and other property from flooding. Half of the $100 million available went to projects in New York and New Jersey, the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy.
“That was unfortunate, but it was a first step for us,” Gibson said. “We just have to marshal on and put ourselves in a good position to be successful.”
He said that with earmarks going away, “there’s been a resurgence of scientists going down to the agencies to help them decide where money should be going. We’re becoming an increasingly important part of the political fabric in Washington.”
Thus I will doubt anything those $cienti$ts have to say. Sorry.
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Related: Nothing Doing in Nahant
That fart didn't linger long.
Also see: Investor’s role key to recovery of solar firm
Those guys are going to $ave the world!
NEXT DAY UPDATE: No link found on back pain, weather
They did find one between pain and reading a Boston Globe.
