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Life in four African villages was transformed after these San Franciscans installed a wi-fi system. "The farmers learned on the Internet how to prevent diseases, control pests and increase plantain production," says Summer
...realized we had a real pickle on our hands," says McBride. "No matter what we recommended to residents--raising their houses or putting air-conditioning up on blocks--it might not matter at all. Our question is, Are they going to be able to pump enough water out to prevent flooding? We don't know...
...belly of a 9 1/2-ft. alligator, Cooper's arm and hand were recovered from an 8 1/2-footer, and Campbell's killer was identified by scratches around its eye. But it's not as if those particular alligators were more dangerous than most, and destroying them won't prevent future attacks. Officials say the best ways to avoid becoming dinner for an alligator are not to feed the animals, which can lead them to lose their natural wariness; to stay away from the water's edge at dusk and dawn, when the creatures tend to hunt; and to be generally wary...
...However, Wunsch says that the security cameras probably don’t help prevent crime...
...Studies seem to show that cameras don’t prevent crime as well as good lighting, good community policing, and neighborhood watch,” she said. “When cameras are monitored by police officers, they got bored, so they started zooming in on women’s body parts and making racial epithets...