August 14, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Activity Report
(1) DISASTERS WAITING TO HAPPEN:
Hajna, Lawrence. "Levees: Hidden Threat." Courier-Post Online (NJ), August 13, 2006. Accessed at:
Kleeman, Elise. "Massive Quake's Effects Studied {LA}." Pasadena Star News (CA), August 14, 2006. Accessed at:
(2) GLOBAL WARMING:
Jones, James A. Jr., and Nicholas Azzara. "Rising SeaLevelMayPutBay Area At Risk." Bradenton Herald (FL), August 14, 2006. Accessed at:
(3) HOMELAND SECURITY:
Alter, Jonathan. "Air Safety: Plugging Holes in the Skies - The Terrorists Used Airplanes As Weapons in 9/11, So Why Haven't We Made Travel Safer By Now?" Newsweek, August 21-28, 2006. Accessed at:
Berger, Matthew W. "Technology to Detect Explosive Liquids, Gels May Take Years to Bring to Market." CQ Homeland Security, August 10, 2006.
Accessed at:
Boyd, Robert S. "Explosives-Detection Systems Used in War On Terror Have Weaknesses." McClatchy Newspapers, 11Aug2006. At:
Lipton, Eric and Matthew L. Wald. "Focused on 9/11, U.S. Is Seen to Lag on New Threats." New York Times, August 12, 2006. Accessed at:
Parameswaran, P. "Five Years On, U.S. Little Prepared To Combat Terrorism." AFP, August 11, 2006. Accessed at:
Ripley, Amanda. "Risk: How Much Are We Willing to Take?" Time Magazine, August 13, 2006 Accessed at:
Solomon, John. "Bureaucracy Impedes Bomb-Detection Work." Associated Press, August 12, 2006. Accessed at:
Sullivan, Eileen. "British Arrests Raise Concerns About 'Home-Grown'
Terrorist Operating in U.S." CQ Homeland Security, August 10, 2006.
Accessed at:
Suskind, Ron. "How to Stay One Step Ahead - The Jihadists' Tactics Aren't Mysterious, We Just Need Help on the Ground." Time Magazine, August 13, 2006. Accessed at:
(4) KATRINA RECOVERY:
Liu, Amy, et al. "Special Edition of the Katrina Index: A One Year Review of Key Indicators of Recovery in Post-Storm New Orleans."Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, August 2006, 16 pages. Accessedat:
Rauch, Jonathan. "Special Report: After Katrina - Struggling To Survive." National Journal, August 11, 2006, Accessed at:
(5) RESPONSE:
Balz, Dan. "Governors Oppose Federal Control of Guard." Washington Post, August 14, 2006. At:
[Excerpt: "The nation's governors, protesting what they call an unprecedented shift in authority from the states to the federal government, will urge Congress today to block legislation that would allow the president to take control of National Guard forces in the event of a natural disaster or a threat to homeland security. In a sharply worded letter that will be transmitted to Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress this morning, the governors ask that a House-Senate conference committee remove a provision included in the House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act giving the president such authority. 'This provision was drafted without consultation or input from governors and represents an unprecedented shift in authority from governors as commanders and chief of the Guard to the federal government,' the governors state in the letter. As of yesterday, 51 governors, including some from U.S. territories, had signed the letter, a sign of broad bipartisan support that underscores the depth of opposition among state executives to encroachments by Washington on their powers."]
(6) ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- DEVELOPMENT OF EMER.MGMT. PROGRAM:
Received on August 11th, too late for the August 11 Activity Report, the following note from Deanna Kenwell at Royal Roads:
"RoyalRoadsUniversity is one step away from launching its proposed Masters of Arts in Disaster and Emergency Management. All internal approvals have been secured and we are simply awaiting approval from the Degree Quality Assurance Board and BC Minister of Education. The MADEM program will be a two year interdisciplinary program designed to teach learners how to assess, prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from traditional natural environmental disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, floods and droughts and human-induced disasters such as pandemics and health risks, and new, emergent threats such as bio-chemical, nuclear and cyber-terrorism. The four competency domains on which the program will concentrate are(1) emergency mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery and disaster management (2) leadership, teamwork, communication, inter-agency collaboration (3) analytical thinking, strategic planning, decision making, problem solving, conflict and crisis management and (4) research. The 36 credit program will feature a blend of theory and practice. Because the program is designed for working professionals, learners will be able to pursue their studies while still continuing to work full-time. Learners will attend two three-week residencies, one each year. They will complete four online courses, a practicum, and a major research project. RRU hopes to hold its first MADEM program residency in April 2007. For more information call 1-877-778-6227 to speak with an Enrolment Advisor."]
(7) WAR ON TERROR:
Baker, Gerard. "The First Step Towards Defeating the Terrorists: Stop Blaming Ourselves." The Times (UK), August 11, 2006. At:
Bennett, Brian and Douglas Waller. "Thwarting the [British]AirlinePlot: Inside the Investigation." Time, August 10, 2006. At:
Brookings Institution. "British Terror Plot." Website accessed August 14, 2006 at:
Clough, Mike. "Dragged Back Into Somalia - The Country Is On the Brink Of Becoming the Fourth Front in the U.S. War on Terror." Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2006. Accessed at:
Cowell, Alan. "British Muslims Criticize Blair and Policies." New York Times, August 13, 2006. Accessed at:
[Excerpt: "Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain came under renewed attack on Saturday from Muslim leaders who said his policies in Iraq and the Middle East provided 'ammunition to extremists who threaten us all.'The criticism, in an open letter published in several newspapers, wove one more strand into the fabric of discontent clinging to Mr. Blair..."]
CQ.com. "Coverage of Airline Terrorism Plot" (UK August 2006).WashingtonDC: Congressional Quarterly - Homeland Security. Accessedat:
Daalder, Ivo. H. “Not Good For War on Terror." Washington, DC:
Brookings Institution, August 10, 2006. Accessed at:
Dehghanpisheh, Babek and Christopher Dickey. "The Real Nasrallah: How a Son of Beirut's Slums Became One of the Most Engaging, and Dangerous, Leaders in the Muslim World." Newsweek, August 21-28, 2006. Accessedat:
Guardian Unlimited (UK). "Special Report: Terrorism Threat to Britain." Accessed August 14, 2006 at:
Hastings, Max. "Bush's Belief in a Worldwide Islamist Conspiracy is Foolish and Dangerous." The Guardian, August 14, 2006. Accessed at:
[Note: The Guardian has a commentary section and there are many responses to this piece to be found at the end of the article -- from a very wide range of points of view -- and goes on for more than 50 pages-- eventually gave up trying to read, or even scan, through all the commentary.]
Hencke, David and Hugh Muir. "Kelly: Imams Failing to Deter Radicals."
The Guardian (UK), August 14, 2006. Accessed at:
Kole, William J. "Plot Shows Rise of Extremism in Europe." Associated Press, August 13, 2006. Accessed at:
Perl, Raphael F. International Terrorism: Threat, Policy, and Response. WashingtonDC: Congressional Research Service, Report for Congress RL33600, August 9, 2006, 33 pages. Accessed at:
Sanger, David E. "Does Calling It Jihad Make It So." New York Times, August 13, 2006. At:
Schofield, Matthew. "Groups Say British Support for War in Iraq Encourages Extremists." McClatchy Newspapers, August 12, 2006.Accessed at:
Shane, Scott. "Terrorism Experts Say Focus on Al Qaeda Misses A Broader Threat." New York Times, August 13, 2006. Accessed at:
Stein, Jeff. "Fear Factor: Is Another Big One Coming from al Qaeda?"
CQ Homeland Security, June 30, 2006. Accessed at:
Stein, Jeff. "Intelligence Agencies Must Hone in on Suspects bucking al Qaeda Senior Leadership." CQ Homeland Security, August 10, 2006. Accessed at:
Stein, Jeff. "Wake Me When the Apocalypse Starts." CQ Homeland Security, August 4, 2006. Accessed at:
Steyn, Mark. "Pan-Islamism Challenges Idea of Nation State." Jewish World Review, August 14, 2006. Accessed at:
Stinson, Jeffrey. "Terrorists Difficult to Profile, Even Harder to Find." USA Today, August 14, 2006. Accessed at:
Sullivan, Kevin and Joshua Partlow. "Young Muslim Rage Takes Root In Britain - Unemployment, Foreign Policy Fuel Extremism." Washington Post, August 13, 2006. Accessed at:
Wood, David. "U.S. Is Slow to Act on Lessons of New Warfare - Conventional Methods Cannot Defeat Enemy, Experts Warn." Baltimore Sun, August 13, 2006. Accessed at:
B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM
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