NASA Program Enhances Climate Resilience at Agency Facilities

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A new study in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society provides an in-depth look at how NASA facilities have been affected by climate extremes and climate change in recent years and how the agency is preparing for the future.

Using a blend of weather data, global and regional climate model outputs, and advances in the understanding of the climate system, the study finds that many types of extreme events are expected to increase in frequency and magnitude in the future and pose hazards to NASA's mission, infrastructure and workforce.

The study found that by the 2050s, sea level rise alone could lead to an increase of 50 percent or more in coastal flooding frequency with varying impacts to NASA facilities, a high percentage of which are located near coastlines. In total, the agency has approximately$32 billionin constructed assets and about 64,000 employees, contractors and partners.

"Risk management is central to continuity of NASA operations, and the agency is including potential climate extremes in its risk management framework," saidCalvin Williams, assistant administrator for NASA's Office of Strategic Infrastructure at the agency's Headquarters inWashington.

A partnership between Earth scientists and institutional stewards is helping NASA prepare for a changing climate and increasing vulnerabilities to such change. The agency established the Climate Adaptation Science Investigator (CASI) working group as an important part of this effort. The CASI initiative brings Earth scientists together with facility managers, emergency management staff, natural resource managers and human capital specialists at each NASA center to discuss management of climate risks and resilience.

Workshops were held at five NASA centers that brought together climate scientists, mission operations personnel, human resource managers, and ecosystem specialists. Using the climate projections prepared by CASI scientists in conjunction with each center, risks were explored and adaptation strategies developed.

"NASA has cutting-edge climate science and world-class stewardship at its facilities," saidCynthia Rosenzweig, a scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies inNew York, who led the study and the ongoing CASI initiative. "Now climate scientists and institutional stewards are working together to enhance resilience to climate extremes and change."

The initiative strengthens the science community's commitment to understanding climate impacts, targets research to the needs of the agency's institutional stewards, and equips those stewards through workshops and ongoing knowledge sharing as a basis for proactive risk management.

"NASA science provides an important knowledge base that the centers and their surrounding communities can use in preparing for changing climate conditions," saidJack Kaye, associate director of NASA's Earth Science Division inWashington. "This integrated, science-based approach to climate risk management can provide a model for other agencies."

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How to Treat UTI Without Antibiotics; Company Nano Essentials Now Offering Complimentary Shipping

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Nano Essentials, a company that features an all-natural concentrated product called E-Drops NANO that allows people to treat UTI without antibiotics, is pleased to announce that it is now offering free shipping to both the United States and Canada.

As a company spokesperson for the company explained, Nano Essentials has enjoyed a hugely successful last four months. For example, sales in Europe have increased by 112 percent since mid-summer. For those who are wondering how to treat UTI without antibiotics, E-Drops NANO can offer the relief that they are desperately looking for. Instead of just another cranberry product, E-Drops NANO offers a much stronger and more effective solution.

Unfortunately, many women are plagued by recurring and painful urinary tract infections and cystitis. In many cases, these health conditions are caused by E. coli bacteria. While some women are advised to take prescription antibiotics by their physician, in many cases, the company spokesperson said, these medications do not work as effectively as they expect them to. This has led many people to look into how to treat urinary tract infection without antibiotics.

E-drops NANO was invented by Dr. Enes Hasnagic, a leading expert in herbal medicine and nutraceuticals, the company spokesperson said, adding that it is used to effectively combat urinary and vaginal tract infections.

The plant extracts in E-drops NANO contain antibacterial and antiseptic properties, and these work to form a thin protective layer on the walls of the urinary tract to prevent bacterial growth.

Specifically, E-Drops NANO contain all-natural herbal extracts including juniper, lavender, eucalyptus and pine needle. To use it, people simply mix it with water and drink the liquid. The products natural antiseptic and antibacterial ingredients get right to work in the body, not only eliminating existing bacteria, but preventing future bacteria growth. E-Drops NANO are approved by Ministry of Health Canada and they are given an NPN# (Natural Product Number) as a UTI support.

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1,300 degrees? No sweat for solar paint

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A 459 foot tall power boiler tower, one of three, glows bright from an array of mirrors, below, that focus reflected sunlight on to it.

In a potential breakthrough for the solar energy industry, a San Diego-based research team has developed a light-trapping paint that can endure intense heat for years.

The nano-particle material can withstand outdoor temperatures of 750 degrees Celsius (1,380 Fahrenheit) for extended periods without cracking or peeling. The discovery could improve the economic performance of thermal solar towers, which gather heat energy by concentrating sunlight reflected off thousands of optical mirrors.

The paint was developed by a research team at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and described in two articles in the journal Nano Energy.

Inside solar towers, steam or molten salt is heated to extreme temperatures to help propel steam turbines and generate electricity. Peeling paint can reduce efficiencies and prompt costly days-long maintenance outages.

To drive down the cost of thermal solar energy, engineers also are striving to run solar towers at higher operating temperatures and conserve that heat to produce power after sundown.

"Instead of 550 Celsium, they want to operated this at 750 Celsius," said Sungho Jin, a Jacobs School professor expert in mechanical and aerospace engineering. "And at 750 degrees, things can get red hot. ... We came up system compositions and a structure which makes the materials stable."

Those higher temperatures can translate into a 30 percent improvement in solar efficiencies, Jin explained.

The new material utilizes tiny particles of many sizes ranging from 10 nanometers to 10 micrometers. It absorbs about 90 percent of approaching sunlight. Engineers nicknamed the paint color "black hole."

The project was funded by the Department of Enegy's Sunshot Initiative for accelerating solar-energy technologies.

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UW study recommends doubling of medical school students, argues against second institution – Sat, 01 Nov 2014 PST

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The battle over medical education in Spokane took an expected twistFriday.

A new study commissioned by the University of Washington concludes that doubling the size of its physician training program in Spokane represents the most efficient option for boosting the number of doctors and warns that Eastern Washingtons health care system would be unable to support two medicalschools.

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The battle over medical education in Spokane took an expected twistFriday.

A new study commissioned by the University of Washington concludes that doubling the size of its physician training program in Spokane represents the most efficient option for boosting the number of doctors and warns that Eastern Washingtons health care system would be unable to support two medicalschools.

This study supports our expansion plans and validates the success of what we have been doing in Spokane since we began medical instruction in the city in 2008, said UW President Michael K. Young. We are offering the most cost-effective, most feasible, and most immediate answer to the challenge of producing more physicians for the underserved areas of ourstate.

The new study, conducted by research firm Tripp Umbach, contradicts a study done for Washington State University in September that found a new community-based medical school envisioned by WSU would be the least costly way to combat physician shortages, particularly in ruralcommunities.

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UW study fuels debate on who should train doctors in Spokane

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The cheapest, fastest way to increase the number of doctors in the eastern part of the state is to allow the University of Washingtons medical-school program to expand in Spokane, a study commissioned by the UW says.

The study is the latest salvo between the states two research universities, UW and Washington State University, which are both vying for money from the state Legislature to create new medical-school slots in Spokane.

Underscoring the UWs interest in Eastern Washington, UW President Michael Young and UW Regent Orin Smith both flew to Spokane Thursday to have dinner with some community leaders and breakfast with other leaders on Friday before announcing the results of the study at a morning news conference.

WSU wants to build a new medical school from scratch in that city, the same place that the UW wants to expand an existing satellite program. Although both universities say their relationship has not become acrimonious, the two schools dissolved a medical-school partnership last month and announced they would pursue separate paths to address the physician shortage.

Theres little debate about the need.

Only about 120 Washington residents are accepted each year into the UW School of Medicine, the states only public medical-school program although six times that many apply. Both universities, and many medical professionals, agree that Washington should be sending more of its students to medical school as part of a strategy to increase the number of primary-care doctors in rural and underserved areas of the state.

The UW report, written by research firm Tripp Umbach, says that the UWs plan to double the size of its Spokane program would be the most cost-effective option, and could be done rapidly.

I think theres been an avalanche of misinformation and misunderstanding this (study) addressed a lot of that, Young said in an interview later Friday.

He said some leaders dont realize that the UW is already doing medical-school training in Spokane for 40 students, and is on a clear pathway to add 40 more. Under the current program, students can spend all four years of their medical-school education in Spokane no training needs to be done in Seattle.

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