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...against diarrhea is hampered by the lack of clean water and the infrastructure necessary to ensure public health. In countries like Ethiopia, only 40% of people have access to safe water, and fewer than 1 in 3 has regular access to safe sanitation, which at a minimum means a pit latrine. Most Ethiopians don't make the connection between the way they dispose of human waste and their family's health; instead, they believe that "diseases are transmitted by the will of God," says Worku Fentahun, head of health for the Banja district in the country's north...
...pollutants like nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and mercury. Inside, giant HEPA filters (which look just like a nest of vacuum bags) grab most of the solids from the coal fire. You wouldn't want to eat off the floor, but the place is clean. Even the open-pit-mining operation nearby--which has scoured 15,000 acres of Texas for lignite coal over the decades--is a reclamation model, boasting ponds with bass and new woods with baby deer. "The coal plants of today are clearly not like the coal plant of yesteryear," boasts McCall...
When a safety car appears in Formula One (F1) racing, it generally means there is some kind of hazard or debris on the track. Drivers must temporarily slow down, and F1 crews typically use the opportunity to bring their cars in for a pit stop. But when a safety car rolled out in the 25th lap of last year's Monaco[an error occurred while processing this directive] Grand Prix, Team McLaren Mercedes made the counterintuitive decision to keep driver Kimi Raikkonen on the track. The ploy worked; Raikkonen won. But the decision wasn't made at trackside. It came...
...would break away from those pesky notions of “fairness” or “equality” that have long haunted creators of reality show competitions and games. At its most basic level this new version of “Survivor” would pit two tribes with differing cultural and racial backgrounds against each other. But—and herein lies the innovation—the two tribes would live in separate and unequal lodgings. In competitions, Seiku (the Caucasian tribe) would be given better supplies and more time to complete challenges, while team Anawatu...
...many, the celebration was tempered by memories of the suffering that took place on the same site barely more than a year ago, when the Superdome went in a matter of days from a shelter to a sweltering pit of human suffering after Hurricane Katrina flooded the surrounding streets and knocked out power...