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The Media of Water:
Stories of general interest about
water and water issues in the
media. |
| FBI Reopens Cold (and
Wet) Skyjacking Case
The FBI is still looking for DB Cooper -- maybe a
hydrologist can help solve the case? NPR
story.
Video of Marmot Dam Removal from Paul Pickett
(co-chair of AWRA International Technical
Committee).
One of a series of short films narrated by Leonardo
DiCaprio on "What's Important"
(environmentally speaking).
BBC reports on a variety of water issues and
challenges.
Astronomers have detected water in the atmosphere
of a planet outside our solar system for the first
time.
NPR's recent series on the Three Gorges
Resevoir.
The Pacific Institute computes the amount of energy
used to manufacture the plastic for water bottles.
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Have you seen something in the news that
we should share? Email me the
link. |
| AWRA
Job Awareness Program
Where the Water Resources Jobs
Are |
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If you have a water resources position to
fill or if you're in the market for a new position
and want a new challenge or opportunity, visit the AWRA
Job Awareness Program and get
connected!
Post a Job
AWRA Associate Members
receive a significant discount on this invaluable
service!
With more than 20,000 hits this month, you can be
sure your position is being seen by the right
people.
If you have position you'd like to have featured in
this column with a link to your posting on the AWRA Job
Awareness Program, send me an email.
View Open Positions
A wide variety of disciplines
representing open positions in the private sector,
governmental agencies, and educational
institutions. If you're a water resources
professional looking for a new job, start
here.
Available to AWRA
Members at no charge!
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| Other
Calls for Abstracts |
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Portland, OR
October 13-14, 2008
Submit Abstracts by:
February 4, 2008
Brussels,
Belgium
May 15-16, 2008
Submit Abstract by:
February 15,
2008
August 27-29, 2008
Student Paper
Contest
Submit Papers
by:
March 15,
2008
Cuiba, Mato Grosso,
Brazil
July 20-25, 2008
Submit Abstracts
by:
Port Elizabeth, South
Africa
February 23-26, 2008
Submit Abstracts
by:
June 30,
2008
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AWRA Member
News Here are a few
items of particular interest to AWRA members:
If you have not
already yet renewed for 2008, you can renew easily
and efficiently by logging into the members-only area
using your new login. Please
let me
know if you
missed the notification, if you need assistance
logging in, or if you need an invoice sent to you for
your 2008 dues. Your prompt renewal keeps your
member benefits going without interruption and saves
AWRA money, time, and paper!
2008 Aquarius
Club
AWRA's
Member-Get-a-Member program is underway! Talk to
your colleagues about AWRA, and be rewarded! Info
at the link.
AWRA Board of Directors Call for
Nominations Underway
Nominations are being accepted for open positions
on the AWRA Board of Directors for terms beginning
January 1, 2009. Nomination form at the
link.
Deadline: April 7,
2008
AWRA's scholarship program for one undegrad and one
graduate student is accepting applications for the
2008-2009 academic year. Info at the link.
Current Corporate and
Institutional members recently received notification of
this change to the membership categories resulting from
the bylaws change this summer. Contact Terry
Meyer if
you have questions about the new category, or aren't
sure what your options are for the 2008 membership
year. You can read about the benefits at the
link.
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Connections
The
E-Newsletter of the
American
Water Resources Association
Keeping
You Connected
January
2008 |
| Dear Barbara,
| "You know what
your problem is? It's that you haven't seen enough
movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the
movies." Steve
Martin |
As we
move into the depths of winter, with an extra day tacked
onto February -- the month I've always thought
of as the longest
shortest month of the year -- I thought I'd offer up a
few ideas to help you plan and execute your very
own Waterdance Film
Festival, featuring films in which water
plays an important role either as setting, protaganist
or antagonist, supporting cast, metaphor, symbol, or
allegory. Most of these suggestions are either
readily available from your local video store, or you
can cue them up at Netflix or Blockbuster online and
keep them coming all dark, dreary, February-long!
Having seen all but a couple of the movies listed
here, I think I may be one of the few people for whom
Steve Martin's words do not apply
...
20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea (1954, Richard Fleischer)
Waterworld (1995, Kevin Reynolds)
The Big Blue (1988, Luc
Besson)
Open Water (2003, Chris
Kentis)
Waterbuster (2006, J.
Carlos Peinado)
The Milagro Beanfield War
(1988, Robert Redford)
Erin Brockovich (2000,
Steven Soderbergh)
The River Wild (1994,
Curtis Hanson)
A River Runs Through It
(1992, Robert Redford)
Water (2005, Deepa
Mehta)
The River (1984, Mark
Rydell)
Lake Placid (1999, Steve Miner)
March of the Penguins
(2005, Luc Jacquet)
Signs (2002, M. Night
Shyamalan)
On the Waterfront (1954,
Elia Kazan)
Jean de Florette and
Manon of the Spring (both
1986, Claude Berri)
African Queen (1951, John
Huston)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem
in Four Acts (2006, Spike Lee)
Day After Tomorrow (2004,
Roland Emmerich)
Grand Canyon (1991, Lawrence Kasdan)
The Perfect Storm (2000,
Wolfgang Petersen)
A Civil Action (1998,
Steven Zaillian)
Lady in the Lake (1947,
Robert Montgomery)
Apocalypse Now (1979,
Francis Ford Coppola)
Snow Falling on Cedars
(1999, Scott Hicks )
Titanic (1997, James
Cameron)
Creature from the Black
Lagoon (1954, Jack Arnold; or wait for the
remake later this
year...)
You'll have to leave the house
and buy a ticket to see this one, but it's well worth
the trip: Michael
Clayton (2007, Tony Gilroy)
(Check out www.imdb.com for information about the actors,
directors, writers, plot summaries, and other
great film trivia.)
I know I've barely skimmed the
surface, and I'd love to hear about your favorite movies
in which water plays a prominent role. Send
me your recommendations,
and maybe we can keep the Waterdance
Film Festival going all year long
...
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Don't
Wait 'til the Last Minute!
Call for Abstract Deadline: February
4, 2008
(This Monday!) |
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2008 AWRA Summer Specialty
Conference Riparian Ecosystems and
Buffers:
Working at the Water's
Edge
Founders Inn & Spa *
Virginia Beach, VA
June 30 - July 2, 2008
The study of riparian ecosystem functions
and the proliferation of initiatives and programs using
riparian areas as buffers and living shorelines have
demonstrated the need to remain on the cutting edge of
science and practice when working at the water's
edge.
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Preliminary Program Now
Online!
AWRA continues its series on Geographic
Information Systems and Water Resources with its fifth
specialty conference on the topic. GIS
has become a necessary component in the planning and
management of water resources, and the natural and human
systems affected by water resources.
2008 AWRA Spring Specialty
Conference
GIS and Water Resources
V
San Mateo Marriott Hotel *
San Mateo, CA
March 17-19, 2008
cyber-infrastructure, floodplain
mapping,
watershed management, water quality,
biologic analysis,
NHD databases, ARC/Hydro stream stats,
runoff & case studies
remote sensing applications &
vegetation,
HIS modeling, data solutions, web
publishing
landuse classifications, assessments
& applications
Plenary Speaker Dr. Robert
Twiss
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Planning
University of California, Berkeley
CUAHSI
Hydrologic Information System
Tour of the Bay Model
Poster Session
Networking
Opportunities
Student Paper
Competition
and
much more ...
The
Exhibit Hall is Full!
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Water Resources Information
The American Water Resources Association
annually recognizes outstanding individuals in the water
resources profession. You do not have to be an
AWRA member to nominate or receive an AWRA Award (except
for the Fellow Member Award).
Fellow
Member Award
Honorary
Member Award
Mary
H. Marsh Medal
Sandor
C. Csallany Award
Icko
Iben Award
William
C. Ackermann Medal
Henry
P. Caulfield, Jr., Medal
A.
Ivan Johnson Award
Specifics regarding eligibility, criteria, and
purpose for each award are available at the
link. If you would like to nominate an individual
for one of these awards, please complete the 2008 Award
Nomination Form and submit it
no later than May 6, 2008.
EPA Enhances "Laws,
Regulations, Guidance,
and Dockets" Website
EPA has added new features to
one of its most popular Web sites for environmental
regulatory information. This site - titled "Laws,
Regulations, Guidance and Dockets" - is often the
public's first exposure to EPA's regulatory activities.
Its user-friendliness has been enhanced with easily
accessible ways to search and comment on EPA regulations
and significant guidance documents, and to learn how
environmental regulations are written. The site also
includes new sections for finding regulations and
related documents, plus regulatory history, statutory
authority, supporting analyses, compliance information,
and guidance for implementation. Also, for the first
time, searches for regulatory information can be
conducted by environmental topics, such as water or air,
or by business sectors, such as transportation or
construction.
NSF -
Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Watershed Sciences
and Engineering at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech is accepting applications
for the second year of a 10-week summer undergraduate
research in interdisciplinary watershed sciences and
engineering at Virginia Tech, funded by the
National Science Foundation - Undergraduate Research
Experience (NSF REU) program. Successful applicants will
join one of the ongoing research projects in water
environment sciences and engineering at Virginia Tech
and conduct individual research under the supervision of
one or more faculty member/s. Click on the link for
for program details and
application requirements, or contact Tamim Younos. Application
deadline is March 1, 2008 for Summer 2008 Fellowships.
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| AWRA
State Section Activities
Wisconsin AWRA
Section
Brookfield,
WI
March 6-7, 2008
Tennessee AWRA
Section
Burns, TN
April 15-17,
2008
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Other Water Resources
Conferences
February 19-20, 2008
February 21-22,
2008
Portland Marriott Downtown
Waterfront * Portland, OR
February 19-21,
2008
Orange County Convention
Center * Orlando, FL
Capital Hilton Hotel
* Washington, DC
Athens Hilton *
Athens, Greece
May 5-7,
2008
June 23-27,
2008
University of Alaska/Fairbanks * Fairbanks,
AK
June 29 - July 3, 2008
Sacramento, CA
July 14-18, 2008
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
September 21-24,
2008
Las Vegas,
NV
October
8-10, 2008
Rhode Island Convention Center * Providence,
RI
October 11-15,
2008
World Water Forum
V
Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar Convention
& Exhibition Centre * Istanbul,
Turkey
March 16-22,
2009
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