"The issue of environmental refugees promises to rank as one of the foremost human crises or our time, " says British environmentalist and Oxford University professor Norman Myers, who has published extensively on the subject.

CNN: Drowning islands warn of future perils for 'environmental refugees'

It brings home the fact beyond the marine debris issue this is first and foremost a human tragedy.

CNN: Japanese tsunami debris makes its way into Hawaiian birds

They emphasise that Enron's story is first and foremost a human tale, with larger-than-life egos and ambitions that will surely be brought to a screen near you once all the trials are over.

ECONOMIST: The best books to bring you up to date

We have forgotten that regardless of the target market, the key decision-maker, whether he or she is a financial adviser, a hospital administrator, a CEO, a mom buying a toy for her child, or the head of a large contractor for the military, is first and foremost a human.

FORBES: B2People: Humanly Relevant Marketing for the New Year

At the same time, however, harnessing actionable intelligence in order to make informed strategic decisions is a technological challenge first and foremost, and a human one with respect to enforcing data integrity and other protocols detailed below.

FORBES: Business Intelligence and Legal Matter Management

First and foremost, he said, the self-driving cars would be safer than human-driven cars.

CNN: Self-driving cars now legal in California

Engineered to listen with the intelligence of human hearing, Tiki employs a suite of patent-pending algorithms custom-designed in collaboration with iZotope, foremost experts in audio processing.

ENGADGET: Blue Microphones Tiki USB mic now available at Best Buy, coming to Apple stores July 15th