Today we begin a series on USA INFRASTRUCTURE. our featured guest is Gerry Galloway, Professor of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an Affiliate Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland - his teaching and research focus is on water resources and natural disaster policy and management. http://www.civil.umd.edu/ Among many topics will be the discussion of the miserable grades earned by the USA in the annual ASCE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD. http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org

We will also hear from J. David Gray – our resident scribe – for another segment of our SYNERGY project. Both my image and David’s essay are entitled “brass” – be sure to view the image at http://tinyurl.com/lvgvsr or http://www.jimlynchphotography.com David’s other writings can be found at http://word-smith.typepad.com/wordsmith

MUSIC today from the “bishop of soul”, the teacher and the preacher, Solomon Burke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Burke