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Episode 30 - Infrastructure Week

5/19/2017

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Liberty Square at Disney World


Episode Highlights:

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  • [2:25] The Birthday Game - Play along:
    • Tina Fey

    • Bob Saget

    • Madeleine Albright

  • [5:40] Bringing Water to Life Webinar Series - Had the first 2017 webinar on May 18. There are five scheduled as of now. The first one is now available to view on YouTube.
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    • The Plant Something Initiative
      Speaker: Cheryl Goar, Executive Director, Arizona Nursery Association


  • [8:00] The California drought is official over - Governor Brown declared the drought emergency over.

  • [11:05] Secretary of Agriculture - Sonny Perdue has been confirmed. He testified on the hill at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on May 17.

    • New USDA Motto: Do right and feed everyone.

    • USDA is also going through a reorg process right now.

  • [16:30] Infrastructure Week - Water infrastructure.
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    • John shares about how Disney World shows the history of water infrastructure in Liberty Square (see above picture).

      • There are no bathrooms in Liberty Square because the area holds true to colonial times.
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    • [22:10] Washington Post Article - Philadelphia's high-tech totally natural plumbing of 1812 (see image).
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    • Biggest opportunity with infrastructure: fixing leaks. 

    • Brent mentions a new report - The Economic Benefits of Investing in Water Infrastructure.
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  • [33:40] Brent's Tip of the Week - If people don't invest in their own education, (or infrastructure) they learn the hard way. Full quote: The college of hard knocks is really expensive and it has the highest tuition of all universities. 

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