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...handful of Cabot residents who descended the stone steps to their ground-level dining hall were told to trek over to their neighboring house instead. Something about a drainage blockage, contaminated food, and water, water, everywhere...
...Minimal regulations stipulate that birds be put in ventilated boxes and be delivered within 72 hours. But that’s really all they require—senders needn’t provide food, water, or any other amenities for their living cargoes...
...lives as illegal immigrants. The ruling junta has denied the Rohingya some of the most basic human rights - no citizenship, no freedom of movement, no marriage without permission. In January, their plight made headlines when Thai forces reportedly towed hundreds of Rohingya boatpeople who made it to Thai territorial waters back out to sea in leaky vessels with little food or water. Some are now missing and presumed dead. The Rohingyas' situation is so acute that they were a major topic of discussion at last week's summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
Likes: spring rolls, CAPS LOCK, battered sausages, cake, milk, DVDs, beer, pizza, mineral water, his partially deaf grandma, G-rated movies, bowling, time travel, Coke, Coke Zero, banana...
...even three generations hence, the creative and productive powers of the largest populations will be abruptly unlocked. They will produce legions of scientists, authors, entrepreneurs, and doctors. There will be billions of dignified families, living in dignified homes with running water, armed with the self-esteem and desire that accompanies good health and literacy, mobility, and legal security. The human singularity will bring bangs of creative flowering in heretofore unknown volumes and quality, and the Asian air will be signed with newfound confidence and pride. I dare any technological singularity to match this future in scale of ambition...