Protected: Water Scarcity in Sanaa, Yemen
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Naples under a mountain of… disorganization
Neapolitans are dressed more smartly than usual these days. Though this might be merely an impression created by the contrast of their appearance with that of the town; not really in the best shape lately. It might be that because of the condition of the town, its inhabitants are more focused than […]
Saudi Arabia, Yemen and women.
I’ve been here in Yemen for just five days, and what strikes me most is 1) how tasteful the bread is and 2) most women are covered in black from head to toe. What strikes me even more is that the veil is not mandatory.
There are Yemeni woman driving car (I have seen at […]
Water in California – US and Mexico
The US made a desalination plant in Yuma, Arizona, where the Colorado River leaves the US to enter Mexico. The US uses 90% of the water of the basin of the river, and leaves 10% to Mexico. The problem is, everytime the water is used for irrigation, its salinity increases to 3000 grams of […]
Looking for some water (scarcity)
Just after entering Mexico I take in the car José, Blanca and the little four-month-old José Luiz. The renting contract of the car states that the insurance does not cover any other persone than me. But says also that the insurance is not valid in Mexico (it does not say anything about Canada). So […]
Social lending e credito alle piccole e medie imprese
(pubblicato su ventiquattro, magazine de Il Sole 24 Ore, dicembre 2006)
Trentamila euro per lanciare la sua piccola impresa. Emma Hackforth era sicura di avere le carte in regola: titoli di studio, esperienza di lavoro, una casa che potesse garantire il credito. Più di tutto, era sicura che la sua idea era valida e che […]
Naples, a journey to the Vesuvius
“Thursday 22nd, about ten on the clock in the morning, the thundering noise began again; the oldest men declared, they never heard the like; and, indeed, it was very alarming: we were in expectation every morning of some dire calamity.”[1] It is not the Doomsday – it is the Vesuvius, the Neapolitan volcano, erupting […]
CERN, moltiplicatore di tecnologia
[Pubblicato su Monthly/Finanza e Mercati di settembre]
Q. LHC, il nuovo acceleratore di particelle del CERN, il laboratorio europeo per la fisica nucleare, produrrà quasi 500 miliardi di minuscole esplosioni nucleari al secondo. I protoni (i costituenti del nucleo atomico) vengono accelerati lungo due traiettorie circolari di 27 km, in senso opposto. La loro velocita` […]
Brazil, Canoa Quebrada. Not just the ocean.
NB Click on the picture to enlarge.
After two months travelling North and South in the Brazilian inland I will take a break. Will go to Marino, who lives at Canoa Quebrada, Ceará. Everything has its price, even low-budget flight. You have to sell your time. Then I’ll take […]
Santo Che Guevara
Ieri sono tornato a Santacruz, con questa moto tenuta su col fil di ferro, da la Higuera, luogo dell’esecuzione del comandante Ernesto Guevara, il Che. Complici anche due cene pesanti, non ho fatto altro che sognarlo. Ho letto il suo diario mentre ero li’, ho parlato di lui con la gente, la sua icona dipinta […]
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