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Thinking about Trump’s entrance into the Presidential Race in America in late 2015, coming down the escalator in Trump Tower with Melania at his side, sparked a flashback to a symbolic staircase scene. I have…
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México.- protection is important to emphasize that we can not skip hydrometerological concerns. The magnitude of this phenomenon we have never seen in this country, there is a history of hurricanes we’ve had in the…
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Disasters occur when natural extremes encounter communities who are ill-prepared to cope with these forces. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies outline preventative measures to reduce the impacts of foreseeable hazardous events. Time and time…
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“Politicians need to get their act together on climate change.“ This quote from Chancellor Angela Merkel´s climate advisor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is almost two years old now and was originally pinpointed at the global warming…
May 28, 2010 | No Comments
Who’s in control of our attention span? Mickey Glantz May 28, 2010 Back in the early 1960s my Political Theory professor mentioned that a study then showed that the attention span to any particular issue…
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April 08, 2010 | 2 Comments
Mickey Glantz. April 8, 2010. Written in Mexico City. The phrase “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” has always captured my attention for some unknown psychological reason. It has been used in military…
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April 06, 2010 | 2 Comments
“The Conference Bully: Some thoughts and observations” The idea for this editorial came from recent participation in an international conference that involved participants for national governments, multinational organizations and non-governmental organizations. It became apparent that…
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March 21, 2010 | 2 Comments
I thought I would blog on events on getting to and in China, Thailand and Kenya, as there is a lot going on in each of these countries. This is like an imaginary trip for…
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March 09, 2010 | 3 Comments
Marcelo Paiva & Tsegay Wolde-Georgis, University of Colorado’s Consortium for Capacity Building. 8 March 2010 Brazil is considered a global leader in sugarcane-based ethanol biofuel production & technology. It made strategic decisions to develop alternative…
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