It seems a bit strange, I will admit, to sit here writing about water shortages and droughts and rationing while my roof is leaking in two places, into a carefully positioned large blue bucket and a smaller yellow one. And the news is full of forecasts of the coming torrents of rain that El Niño […]
US water crisis: in more than one way, this is more than it seems
You know about Flint. You’ve heard about Sebring, OH. In both places, basically the same thing happened: lax controls, oversight, and regulation allowed corrosive river water to leach lead from old pipes into the drinking water. Flint is finally being treated like the catastrophe that it is, more than a year after it should have been. […]
Largest Cache of Internet Data Released by Yahoo
Tech companies are competing against one another for attracting the top talent in the field of artificial intelligence and Yahoo! Inc. has made a dramatic move in this area; it is giving away a massive amount of data about how the interaction of users with its services. The embattled internet firm announced on Thursday that […]
Major Infrastructure Projects: the Key to Growth and Development in Emerging Countries?
Casablanca Finance City, Dubaï International Finance Center, Mumbai Economic Development Zone or Tunis Financial Harbour: an impressive list of major commercial infrastructure projects, combining architectural and economic ambitions. Lately they’ve been blooming in countries where basic infrastructure are still lacking in the poorest areas, where the poverty rate is still high and income inequalities within […]
Toddler’s Road to Recovery Provides Hope After Suffering From Shaken Baby Syndrome
When Erica Hammel of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, received a call from her ex-husband the morning of November, 1, 2013, to let her know that their 1 year-old-son had been taken to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan at the Detroit Medical Center because he was breathing kind of funny, she did not know what to […]
SAARC and shark: need to de-feudalize democracy
The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit has concluded Thursday with a 36-point Kathmandu Declaration. The two-day summit held in Kathmandu from 26-27 November mainly emphasized on the regional cooperation for security and anti-terrorism network, mutual trade and energy cooperation. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaj […]
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