#BTColumn – Ecocide as an international crime
Article by July 4, 2021
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Small island states and countries with low-lying coast are the victims of ecocide.
A draft law, unveiled on June 22, defines ecocide as “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts”.
Getting the law accepted would be a long process. It could take years. And, that is precisely why small islands and low-lying coastal states should embrace and promote it now. Every year that passes brings greater dangers of irreparable damage without compensation.
#BTColumn – A tale of two airports
Article by July 3, 2021
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by Vincent “Boo” Nurse
During the last four weeks I travelled to two International Airports, Heathrow, London and Grantley Adams (GAIA), Barbados. My experiences at these two hubs for international travel were as different and contrasting as chalk and cheese.
On my arrival at GAIA I was filled with apprehension. Although I had followed the protocols I was nervous that I could be put in quarantine at some far outpost.
#BTSpeakingOut – Barbadian ownership is key
Article by July 3, 2021
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Michael Ray
Members of the public with keen eyes and ears are acutely aware of the pleading to the Barbados Light & Power by the Minister of Education.
Barbadians, especially those who are out of work owing to the severity of the COVID pandemic, would be heartened to know that some ease can be granted.
However, there is another group of Barbadians on whose behalf the Minister, as a member of the Cabinet, can also speak and act.
July 3, 2021
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by Adrian Sobers
“Mathematicians think in symbols, physicists in objects, philosophers in concepts, […] and idiots in words.” – (Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes)
“There are other approaches to the foundations of mathematics, but set theory is the one that came up with this rigorous way of defining infinity.” – Eugenia Cheng
Urban Dictionary defines meta as “seeing the thing from a higher perspective instead of from within the thing, like being self-aware.” If you get your meta wrong, everything else is suspect. This is especially the case for physics, the discipline that Nassim Taleb calls “confident and convincing”.
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