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The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future

Summary of a Meeting

By: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Committee for The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future

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The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future

Summary of a Meeting

By: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Committee for The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future

There is a growing sense of national urgency about the role of energy in long-term U.S. economic vitality, national security, and climate change. This urgency is the consequence of many factors, including the rising global demand for energy; the need for long-term security of energy supplies, especially oil; growing global concerns about carbon dioxide emissions; and many other factors affected to a great degree by government policies both here and abroad. On March 13, 2008, the National Academies brought together many of the most knowledgeable and influential people working on energy issues today to discuss how we can meet the need for energy without irreparably damaging Earth's environment or compromising U.S. economic and national security-a complex problem that will require technological and social changes that have few parallels in human history. The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting chronicles that 2-day summit and serves as a current and far-reaching foundation for examining energy policy. The summit is part of the ongoing project 'America's Energy Future: Technology Opportunities, Risks, and Tradeoffs,' which will produce a series of reports providing authoritative estimates and analysis of the current and future supply of and demand for energy; new and existing technologies to meet those demands; their associated impacts; and their projected costs. The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting is an essential base for anyone with an interest in strategic, tactical, and policy issues. Federal and state policy makers will find this book invaluable, as will industry leaders, investors, and others willing to convert concern into action to solve the energy problem.

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National Academies Press

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0309124786

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Contested Waters

An Environmental History of the Colorado River

By: April R. Summit

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Contested Waters

An Environmental History of the Colorado River

By: April R. Summit

To fully understand this river and its past, one must examine many separate pieces of history scattered throughout two nations--seven states within the United States and two within Mexico--and sort through a large amount of scientific data. One needs to be part hydrologist, geologist, economist, sociologist, anthropologist, and historian to fully understand the entire story. Despite this river's narrow size and meager flow, its tale is very large indeed." —From the conclusion The Colorado River is a vital resource to urban and agricultural communities across the Southwest, providing water to 30 million people. Contested Waters tells the river's story-a story of conquest, control, division, and depletion. Beginning in prehistory and continuing into the present day, Contested Waters focuses on three important and often overlooked aspects of the river's use: the role of western water law in its over-allocation, the complexity of power relationships surrounding the river, and the concept of sustainable use and how it has been either ignored or applied in recent times. It is organized in two parts, the first addresses the chronological history of the river and long-term issues, while the second examines in more detail four specific topics: metropolitan perceptions, American Indian water rights, US-Mexico relations over the river, and water marketing issues. Creating a complete picture of the evolution of this crucial yet over-utilized resource, this comprehensive summary will fascinate anyone interested in the Colorado River or the environmental history of the Southwest.

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University Press of Colorado

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145717393X

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9781457173936

Singing God's Words

The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism

By: Jeffrey Summit

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Singing God's Words

The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism

By: Jeffrey Summit

Singing God's Words is the first in-depth study of the experience and meaning of chanting or "reading" Torah among contemporary American Jews. This experience has been transformed dramatically in recent years by the impact of digital technology, feminism, the empowerment of lay people and a search for self-fulfillment through involvement with community. At a time when worshippers seek deeper spiritual experience, many Jews have found new meaning in the experience of reading Torah, an act that is broadly accessible to Jewish adults even as it requires intensive immersion with the text of the Bible in Hebrew. This book examines why and how growing numbers of American Jews in all denominations see the public chanting of Biblical texts during the synagogue service as one of the most authentic and personal expressions of their religious identity. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with men and women, both professionals and congregants, Jeffrey A. Summit describes how the reading of Torah embodies their understanding of historical religious practice, even as it is shaped by contemporary views of spiritual experience. Through this act, holiness becomes manifest at the intersection of Biblical chant, sacred text, the individual, and the community.

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Oxford University Press

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0199844127

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9780199844128

The Lord's Song in a Strange Land

Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worship

By: Jeffrey A. Summit

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The Lord's Song in a Strange Land

Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worship

By: Jeffrey A. Summit

Across the United States, Jews come together every week to sing and pray in a wide variety of worship communities. Through this music, made by and for ordinary folk, these worshippers define and re-define their relationship to the continuity of Jewish tradition and the realities of American life. Combining oral history with an analysis of recordings, The Lord's Song in a Strange Land examines this tradition incontemporary Jewish worship and explores the diverse links between the music and both spiritual and cultural identities. Alive with detail, the book focuses on metropolitan Boston and covers the full range of Jewish communities there, from Hasidim to Jewish college students in a transdenominational setting. It documents a remarkably fluid musical tradition, where melodies are often shared, where sources can be as diverse as Sufi chant, Christmas carols, rock and roll, and Israeli popular music, and where the meaning of a song can change from one block to the next.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195161815

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9780195161816

Health Professions Education

A Bridge to Quality

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Health Professions Education Summit

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Health Professions Education

A Bridge to Quality

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Health Professions Education Summit

The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.

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National Academies Press

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030913319X

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9780309133197

Developing a National STEM Workforce Strategy

A Workshop Summary

By: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Planning Committee for the National Summit on Developing a STEM Workforce Strategy

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Developing a National STEM Workforce Strategy

A Workshop Summary

The future competitiveness of the United States in an increasingly interconnected global economy depends on the nation fostering a workforce with strong capabilities and skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). STEM knowledge and skills enable both individual opportunity and national competitiveness, and the nation needs to develop ways of ensuring access to high-quality education and training experiences for all students at all levels and for all workers at all career stages. The National Science Foundation (NSF) holds a primary responsibility for overseeing the federal government's efforts to foster the creation of a STEM-capable workforce. As part of its efforts in this endeavor, NSF's Directorate on Education and Human Resources asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a workshop that would contribute to NSF's preparation of a theoretical and evidence-based STEM Workforce Development R&D Core Framework. Participants discussed research themes, identified gaps and emerging research opportunities, and recommended refinements in the goals of the framework. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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National Academies Press

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030939158X

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9780309391580

Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on a Leadership Summit to Effect Change in Teaching and Learning

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Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World

During the next ten years, colleges of agriculture will be challenged to transform their role in higher education and their relationship to the evolving global food and agricultural enterprise. If successful, agriculture colleges will emerge as an important venue for scholars and stakeholders to address some of the most complex and urgent problems facing society. Such a transformation could reestablish and sustain the historical position of the college of agriculture as a cornerstone institution in academe, but for that to occur, a rapid and concerted effort by our higher education system is needed to shape their academic focus around the reality of issues that define the world's systems of food and agriculture and to refashion the way in which they foster knowledge of those complex systems in their students. Although there is no single approach to transforming agricultural education, a commitment to change is imperative.

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National Academies Press

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0309132215

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9780309132213

Action Versus Contemplation

Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters

By: Jennifer Summit,Blakey Vermeule

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Action Versus Contemplation

Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters

By: Jennifer Summit,Blakey Vermeule

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there’s Walt Whitman, in 1856: “Whoever you are, come forth! Or man or woman come forth! / You must not stay sleeping and dallying there in the house.” It is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? To do or to think? To make an impact, or to understand the world more deeply? Aristotle argued for contemplation as the highest state of human flourishing. But it was through action that his student Alexander the Great conquered the known world. Which should we aim at? Centuries later, this argument underlies a surprising number of the questions we face in contemporary life. Should students study the humanities, or train for a job? Should adults work for money or for meaning? And in tumultuous times, should any of us sit on the sidelines, pondering great books, or throw ourselves into protests and petition drives? With Action versus Contemplation, Jennifer Summit and Blakey Vermeule address the question in a refreshingly unexpected way: by refusing to take sides. Rather, they argue for a rethinking of the very opposition. The active and the contemplative can—and should—be vibrantly alive in each of us, fused rather than sundered. Writing in a personable, accessible style, Summit and Vermeule guide readers through the long history of this debate from Plato to Pixar, drawing compelling connections to the questions and problems of today. Rather than playing one against the other, they argue, we can discover how the two can nourish, invigorate, and give meaning to each other, as they have for the many writers, artists, and thinkers, past and present, whose examples give the book its rich, lively texture of interplay and reference. This is not a self-help book. It won’t give you instructions on how to live your life. Instead, it will do something better: it will remind you of the richness of a life that embraces action and contemplation, company and solitude, living in the moment and planning for the future. Which is better? Readers of this book will discover the answer: both.

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University of Chicago Press

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022603237X

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9780226032375

Making Gourd Musical Instruments

Over 60 String, Wind and Percussion Instruments and How to Play Them

By: Ginger Summit,Jim Widess

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Making Gourd Musical Instruments

Over 60 String, Wind and Percussion Instruments and How to Play Them

By: Ginger Summit,Jim Widess

Provides step-by-step instructions for making, decorating, and playing more than sixty string, wind, and percussion instruments made from gourds, along with numerous color photos and cultural information on the instruments' places of origin.

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Sterling Publishing Company

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1402745036

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9781402745034

Classic Restaurants of Summit County

By: Sharon Moreland Myers,Images courtesy of the Akron Beacon Journal--Summit Memory Project

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Classic Restaurants of Summit County

By: Sharon Moreland Myers,Images courtesy of the Akron Beacon Journal--Summit Memory Project

Akron and Summit County's classic hot spots have satisfied palates since the early twentieth century. Akron alone could sit up to thirty thousand people at once during the golden age of the '50s and '60s. Marcel's made a name for itself with its scampi, and Icaomini's became synonymous with lobster. Ladd's dished crowd-pleasing coney dogs, and Yanko's sliced up its mouthwatering shish kabobs. Digging up vintage images and recipes, author Sharon Myers leads readers on a delectable trip down memory lane to the area's most renowned and cherished eateries.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439664412

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9781439664414

National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Proceedings of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Planning Committee for a National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

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National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Proceedings of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Planning Committee for a National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Preserving the efficacy of herbicides and of herbicide-resistance technology depends on awareness of the increasing resistance of weeds to herbicides used in agriculture and coordinated action to address the problem by individuals at the farm level and beyond. This summit served as a venue to bring the attention of important stakeholders to the issue and as an opportunity for experts from diverse disciplines to strategize in a coordinated way to address herbicide-resistant weeds. In convening stakeholders for this event, participants took a step toward a recommendation from the 2010 National Research Council report The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States that federal and state government agencies, private-sector technology developers, universities, farmer organizations, and other relevant stakeholders collaborate to document emerging weed-resistance problems and to develop cost-effective resistance-management programs and practices that preserve effective weed control. The summit provided the opportunity for stakeholders to explore the scientific basis of the emergence of herbicide resistance and to consider different perspectives on both opportunities and barriers to overcoming the problem of herbicide-resistant weeds. National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds contains a brief synopsis of key points made by each speaker at the summit.

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National Academies Press

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0309265568

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9780309265560

Creating Cool FrontPage Web Sites

By: Paul M. Summit

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Creating Cool FrontPage Web Sites

By: Paul M. Summit

FrontPage is a powerful Web site publishing tool that non-programmers can easily learn to use. FrontPage makes developing and maintaining professional quality Web sites simple, fast, easy, and powerful. By the end of the book, readers will know how to create and manage a Web site and create an Intranet.

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Wiley Publishing

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0764530208

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9780764530203

The Florida Connection

Florida's Position on the Free Trade Area of the Americas

By: Summit of the Americas Center,Mark Rosenberg,Charles I. Jainarain,Enterprise Florida, Inc,Florida Partnership of the Americas, Inc

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The Florida Connection

Florida's Position on the Free Trade Area of the Americas

By: Summit of the Americas Center,Mark Rosenberg,Charles I. Jainarain,Enterprise Florida, Inc,Florida Partnership of the Americas, Inc

This paper represents the consensus of views from leaders in Florida's business and public affairs communities on the movement toward hemispheric free trade by 2005"--Page 1.

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The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future

The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future

Contested Waters

Contested Waters

Singing God's Words

Singing God's Words

The Lord's Song in a Strange Land

The Lord's Song in a Strange Land

Health Professions Education

Health Professions Education

Developing a National STEM Workforce Strategy

Developing a National STEM Workforce Strategy

Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World

Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World

Action Versus Contemplation

Action Versus Contemplation

Making Gourd Musical Instruments

Making Gourd Musical Instruments

Classic Restaurants of Summit County

Classic Restaurants of Summit County

National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Creating Cool FrontPage Web Sites

Creating Cool FrontPage Web Sites

The Florida Connection

The Florida Connection

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