Counterterror Strategy

Counterterror Strategy

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 170 , Segment 1

Episode: Counterterrorism, All Souls Day, Sequoias, Careers for Millennials

  • Nov 2, 2015 10:00 pm
  • 21:46 mins

Guest: Eric Schmitt, Senior Writer for the New York Times and Co-author of “Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda”  The Obama Administration is planning to send a small number of US ground troops to assist in the fight against ISIS in Syria. That’s a shift in the US policy toward ISIS, which for the last year has consisted mainly of air strikes and providing support to local forces.

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Tech Transfer: Seed Coatings

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Guests: Matthew Madsen, PhD, Professor of Plant Science at BYU; Mike Alder, Director of BYU’s Technology Transfer Office  Western wildfires have become more frequent and more intense in the last several decades – partly because of an invasive weed called cheat grass. It springs up fast and is unappetizing to cattle, sheep and wild birds like the sage grouse. So, come peak fire season, the cheat grass is prime tinder. And once a blaze sweeps through the range, what do you suppose grows back quickest?  Cheat grass, because it doesn’t need much water and it easily beats out native grasses.  Rangeland managers and researchers are spending millions of dollars in a race to give those native grasses a better chance.  More information about technology developed at BYU is available at techtransfer.byu.edu.

Guests: Matthew Madsen, PhD, Professor of Plant Science at BYU; Mike Alder, Director of BYU’s Technology Transfer Office  Western wildfires have become more frequent and more intense in the last several decades – partly because of an invasive weed called cheat grass. It springs up fast and is unappetizing to cattle, sheep and wild birds like the sage grouse. So, come peak fire season, the cheat grass is prime tinder. And once a blaze sweeps through the range, what do you suppose grows back quickest?  Cheat grass, because it doesn’t need much water and it easily beats out native grasses.  Rangeland managers and researchers are spending millions of dollars in a race to give those native grasses a better chance.  More information about technology developed at BYU is available at techtransfer.byu.edu.