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...both companies are alert to historic opportunity--otherwise known as China. The Chinese have awakened to the ongoing train wreck between highly polluted rivers and aquifers and booming cities. "Every year, there are 20 million new urban Chinese," says Frrot. "The authorities have decided to commit as quickly as possible to improving their water and wastewater infrastructures." Veolia has 19 joint ventures in China, and Frrot says the company's short-term prospects there "look better than they do in the U.S." Suez has 21 ventures there after signing a deal to distribute water in Chongqing, China...
...getting berated by customer service representatives, but never after 5pm, when everything closes.’” Though the authors set out to make a perfectly reasonable argument—do not apply for things that you don’t want; do not commit yourself to programs for the prestige—the evidence they furnished to support it illustrates their grounding in the “consumer culture” that Gerson identified, one which discourages self-reflection and encourages entitlement. Consequently, as Wilner observed, they never acknowledged their own role in shaping their time...
...presentation—his priorities for reform in American education. Summers urged changes in many of the areas he focused on while president, such as socioeconomic diversity, faculty-student interaction and education in the life sciences, and also suggested that institutions commit more to “active learning.” His warning against the “large podium, small chair” mode of teaching, which he deemed “about the worst way to convey information so that it will be remembered and acted...
...Under police interrogation, Tess and Bryan, interviewed separately, gave conflicting stories. Jailed since Feb. 28, Tess and Bryan have been charged as adults. He has been charged with first-degree murder and is under suicide watch. She has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and with evidence tampering. They will enter pleas following an arraignment in May. Meanwhile, their MySpace pages remain active. Tess's page lists more than 1100 comments, both pro and con, a little world of sympathy and condemnation. "Killing ur mom is one thing but leaving her in the f-----g trunk...
Like many who see so much of our world falling prey to violence and depravity, Lamont University Professor and Nobel Prize-winner Amartya L. Sen is searching for an explanation for how otherwise rational people can turn against their neighbors and commit heinous acts of cruelty.In “Identity and Violence,” his latest book, Sen argues that “violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people.” Using historical examples and a personable style, Sen creates a simple yet powerful discourse on individual choice and identity...