American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) NEWS RELEASE January 11, 2010 Contact: Alan D. Crockett, 202-682-4301; Cell: 443-995-6364; acrockett@acec.org “Qualifications” Tops “Lowest Bid” in Providing Better Cost, Better Quality Construction Design, Nationwide Study Shows WASHINGTON, D.C. — A landmark university study confirms that federal and state agencies achieve lower construction costs, more efficient use of taxpayer [...]
NEWS from IEEE-USA 2001 L Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 IEEE-USA E-Book Series — “Doing Innovation: Creating Economic Value” — Is Complete WASHINGTON (29 January 2010) — IEEE-USA’s e-book series, “Doing Innovation: Creating Economic Value” has been completed with the work, “What It Takes To Be an Innovator.” Written by Gus Gaynor, a [...]
It is hard to imagine that our Founding Fathers would have undercut their speech with any of the all-too-common fillers that plague conversations today – those “ums” and “uhs” and “likes” and especially the inanity of inanities: “you know.” Oh, how I hate that pernicious phrase “you know.” How silly it is, how useless, what [...]
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When Theodore Roosevelt was governor of New York, he used a simple strategy that allowed him to force through many reforms while staying on good terms with politicians who initially opposed the reforms. He put the strategy to work whenever there was an office to be filled. He knew that people warmed up when asked [...]
IMAGINATION allows us to escape the predictable. Artists, scientists [engineers], and poets use the power of imagination every day. For those of us who found it in playing the game [basketball], it has shaped our joy in countless ways. It has enriched us to feel the thrill of fresh creation. It has put us in [...]
